Definition of "sol-fa" []

• The set of syllables do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, used to represent the tones of the scale. (noun)
• Use of these syllables. (noun)
• To use the sol-fa syllables or sing using these syllables. (verb-transitive)

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• "He was surrounded by music from birth and learned to sight-sing (that is, to use sol-fa syllables for practicing melodies)."
• "The sol-fa scale consists of eight notes comprising an octave; each of the eight notes is one whole tone from the one before it, except for fa and do, which are only a half-tone higher than mi and ti respectively."
• "The notes indicated on the lines or in the spaces of the staff represent those of the sol-fa system the usual do re mi deal."