SOLFA SYLLABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does solfa syllable mean? 

• SOLFA SYLLABLE (noun)
  The noun SOLFA SYLLABLE has 1 sense:

1. one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization

  Familiarity information: SOLFA SYLLABLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLFA SYLLABLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("solfa syllable" is a kind of...):

syllable (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "solfa syllable"):

do; doh; ut (the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization)

ray; re (the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization)

mi (the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization)

fa (the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization)

so; soh; sol (the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization)

la; lah (the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization)

si; te; ti (the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization)

Holonyms ("solfa syllable" is a part of...):

solfa; tonic solfa (a system of solmization using the solfa syllables: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti)