SOL-FA

v. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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.

2.
n.

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

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