Sol-fa /(?)/

Sol·-fa

Sol-fa

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Sol-faed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sol-faing

  1. 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.
    — Piers Plowman.

Sol-fa

v. t.
  1. To sing to solmization syllables.

Sol-fa

n.
  1. The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.