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Sol-fa   Listen
noun
Sol-fa  n.  The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.



verb
Sol-fa  v. t.  To sing to solmization syllables.



Sol-fa  v. i.  (past & past part. sol-faed;pres. part. sol-faing)  To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order. "Yet can I neither solfe ne sing."






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"Sol-fa" Quotes from Famous Books



... Miriam drew them together, and they read Macbeth out of penny books, taking parts. It was great excitement. Miriam was glad, and Mrs. Leivers was glad, and Mr. Leivers enjoyed it. Then they all learned songs together from tonic sol-fa, singing in a circle round the fire. But now Paul was very rarely alone with Miriam. She waited. When she and Edgar and he walked home together from chapel or from the literary society in Bestwood, she knew his talk, so passionate ...
— Sons and Lovers • David Herbert Lawrence



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