24 February 2016

solfeggio or solfège

[sol-fej-oh, -fej-ee-oh]

noun, plural solfeggi [sol-fej-ee], solfeggios. Music.

1. a vocal exercise in which the sol-fa syllables are used, e.g. do – re – mi – fa – sol – la – ti – do
2. the use of the sol-fa syllables to name or represent the tones of a melody or voice part, or the tones of the scale, or of a particular series, as the scale of C; solmization.

Origin of solfeggio

1765-1775; < Italian, derivative of solfeggiare, equivalent to solf (a) (see sol-fa ) + -eggiare v. suffix

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Historical Examples

Thus my ear was thoroughly practised, and I easily held my place, even at that early age, in a solfeggio class.
Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music
Charles Gounod

He might be practising a solfeggio,” I suggested, “which you could sing for him.
Castellinaria
Henry Festing Jones

solfeggio, solfège—a vocal exercise sung either on simple vowels or on arbitrary syllables containing these simple vowel sounds.
Music Notation and Terminology
Karl W. Gehrkens

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