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Solmization
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Solmization
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Solmization has 2 senses
- solmization(n = noun.communication) solmisation - a system of naming the notes of a musical scale by syllables instead of letters; Array is a kind of musical notation
- solmization(n = noun.act) solfege, solfeggio - singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale of C major; Array is a kind of singing, vocalizing
has particulars: solfa, tonic solfa
Derived forms verb solmizate2, verb solmizate1
Derived forms verb solmizate2, verb solmizate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Solmization, n. [F. solmisation, fr. solmiser to sol-fa; -- called from the musical notes sol, mi. See Sol-fa.].
The act of sol-faing. [1913 Webster]
"Ut queant laxis
Resonare fibris
Mira gestorum
Famuli tuorum
Solve polluti
Labii reatum,
Sancte Joannes." [1913 Webster]
Resonare fibris
Mira gestorum
Famuli tuorum
Solve polluti
Labii reatum,
Sancte Joannes." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Solmization, n. Mus. a system of associating each note of a scale with a particular syllable, now usu. doh ray me fah soh lah te, with doh as C in the fixed-doh system and as the keynote in the movable-doh or tonic sol-fa system.
Derivative
solmizate v.intr. & tr.
Etymology
F solmisation (as SOL(1), MI)
ROGET THESAURUS
Solmization
Musician
N musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel, bard, accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist, harper, fiddler, fifer, trumpeter, piper, drummer, catgut scraper, band, orchestral waits, vocalist, melodist, singer, warbler, songster, chaunter, chauntress, songstress, cantatrice, choir, quire, chorister, chorus, chorus singer, liedertafel, nightingale, philomel, thrush, siren, bulbul, mavis, Pierides, sacred nine, Orpheus, Apollo, the Muses Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore, tuneful nine, tuneful quire, composer, performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization, playing, musical, adagio, andante.
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