SOLFEGGIO Definition & Meaning

solfeggio

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

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Music.

plural solfeggi solfeggios.

a vocal exercise in which the sol-fa syllables are used.
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.

solfeggio

/ sɒlˈfɛdʒɪəʊ; sɒlˈfɛʒ /

a voice exercise in which runs, scales, etc, are sung to the same syllable or syllables
solmization, esp the French or Italian system, in which the names correspond to the notes of the scale of C major

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1765–75; < Italian, derivative of solfeggiare, equivalent to solf ( a ) ( sol-fa ) + -eggiare v. suffix

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C18: from Italian solfeggiare to use the syllables sol-fa; see gamut

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Cantilena, kan-ti-lē′na, n. a ballad or light song: a cantus firmus or melody for church use: a singing exercise or solfeggio.

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Two years after this the tiny musician commenced to study solfeggi with Panseron, while Hérold gave her the first instruction on the piano.

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So to ease the situation I gave lessons in solfeggio and on the piano in a poor little school in the neighborhood.

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I was to take him to his solfeggio class at three.

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I taught solfeggio as well as French horn in the Lyons Conservatory.

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