solfège
- noun
- /sɒlˈfɛʒ/
- Specialized
:
solfeo
- In music class, we learned to sing using solfège syllables like do, re, and mi.
- solfège syllables
- movable solfège
- solfège class
Examples
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We give students the option of singing with either scale-degree numbers or solfège syllables.
Academic text (2006) -
Strictly, Gordon advocates movable-do solfège for major tonality, movable-la for minor, movable-re for Dorian, and so on.
Academic text (2015) -
How many amateur or professional musicians use solfège outside of school settings?
Academic text (2007) -
Select the measures of music in which you wish to add solfège syllables.
Academic text (2012) -
Students will instinctively draw on their solfège skills to create their own patterns and link them to their instruments.
Academic text (2006) -
Students might engage with a C Major solfège staircase descent.
Academic text (2015) -
Likewise, if students are singing music from a functional perspective, why use solfège in place of scale-degree numbers?
Academic text (2003) -
In this musical sequence, students first can sing and sign the solfège syllables for one octave of the descent.
Academic text (2015) -
Many Dalcroze solfège exercises are accompanied by some sort of movement, usually not requiring locomotion.
Academic text (2011) -
The methods taught by Dalcroze of music education—eurhythmics, solfège, and improvisation—have had a profound influence on modern music education.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
A system that teaches singing and pitch using syllables like do, re, mi
A way to teach singing using the syllables do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti
A system that uses syllables like do re mi to name notes to teach singers
A singing exercise using syllables like do, re, mi to practice pitch
A way of writing music with syllables like do, re, mi to show the notes of a scale
Surface Forms
Etymology
Solfège comes from French and Italian names for singing syllables, especially sol and fa, which are used to name notes in the 'do, re, mi' system. So solfège means a simple way to teach music by giving each note its own syllable to sing.
