Solresol
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A language using the seven musical notes to make words that can be sung, shown by color, or signed
- noun
- /soʊrɛˈzoʊl/
- Specialized
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Solresol
- In Solresol, each word is represented by a specific combination of musical syllables.
Examples
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The language Solresol was designed to be communicated through sound and color.
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Many enthusiasts appreciate how Solresol combines musical notes to form its vocabulary.
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Despite the noble struggle, great-grandfather's propagandizing for Solresol had a disruptive effect on his family.
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His great-grandfather was a fervent adherent to the Solresol movement that was founded at the beginning of the last century by Jean Francois Sudre, a music teacher.
Fiction book (1997)
Surface Forms
Etymology
Solresol comes from the musical syllables sol and re, taken from the seven 'notes' of the scale such as 'do' and 're'. This name is a useful memory: Solresol is a language built from music, so you can speak it by singing or playing notes, or even by using color and hand signs.