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Sol-fa   Listen
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Sol-fa  v. i.  (past & past part. sol-faed;pres. part. sol-faing)  To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order. "Yet can I neither solfe ne sing."






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"Sol-fa" Quotes from Famous Books



... third, under a pen-and-ink sketch of a mountain and a rose, "Roses grow not without thorns." Of psalm-books there are several very interesting examples. The oldest of these is an edition of Marot and Beza's Psalms, dated 1567, and having music set to many of the Psalms in staff and sol-fa notation. This copy is believed to be unique. It contains a great number of prayers. The volume of translations and paraphrases of the Psalms, which was published in 1630 as the work of James VI., is ...
— Chronicles of Strathearn • Various



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