Hypertext Webster Gateway: "solfa"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sol-fa \Sol`-fa"\, v. t.
To sing to solmization syllables.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sol-fa \Sol`-fa"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sol-faed};p. pr. & vb.
n. {Sol-faing}.] [It. solfa the gamut, from the syllables fa,
sol.]
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. --Piers
Plowman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sol-fa \Sol"-fa"\, n.
The gamut, or musical scale. See {Tonic sol-fa}, under
{Tonic}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
solfa
n : a system of solmization using the solfa syllables:
do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti [syn: {tonic solfa}]
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