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Meanings of solfeggio in English

Portuguese
solmização
Catalan
solfeig

Singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale of C major.

solmização
Usage of solfeggio in English
1
Shall we go through with this solfeggio once more?
A Roman Singer
2
Having finished her morning tea she went to the ballroom, which she particularly liked for its loud resonance, and began singing her solfeggio.
War and Peace
3
The selection began with Solfeggio, a work composed in 1963 when Pärt was an avant-gardist in the world of Soviet music.
The Irish Times
4
"He might be practising a solfeggio," I suggested, "which you could sing for him." But this was not treating the buffo's voice with proper respect.
Castellinaria, and Other Sicilian Diversions
Frequent collocations
Translations for solfeggio
Portuguese
solmização
Catalan
solfeig
Solfeggio through the time