sol-faing

Variant of sol-fa

noun

  1. the syllables do (formerly ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, ti (or si), do (or ut), used to represent the tones of a scale, regardless of its key
  2. the use of these syllables, as in vocal exercises; solfeggio

Origin: It solfa < sol + fa: see gamut

transitive verb, intransitive verb sol-faed , sol-faing

to sing (a scale, phrase, or song) to the sol-fa syllables

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