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solfeggi

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sol⋅feg⋅gio

  [sol-fej-oh, -fej-ee-oh]
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–noun, plural -feg⋅gi  [-fej-ee] , -feg⋅gios. Music.
1. a vocal exercise in which the sol-fa syllables are used.
2. the use of the sol-fa syllables to name or represent the tones of a melody or voice part, or the tones of the scale, or of a particular series, as the scale of C; solmization.
Origin:
1765–75; < It, deriv. of solfeggiare, equiv. to solf(a) (see sol-fa ) + -eggiare v. suffix
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sol·feg·gio   (sōl-fěj'ē-ō', -fěj'ō)   
n.   pl. sol·feg·gi (-fěj'ē) or sol·feg·gios Music

  1. Use of the sol-fa syllables to note the tones of the scale; solmization.

  2. A singing exercise in which the sol-fa syllables are used instead of text.


[Italian, from solfa, sol-fa; see sol-fa.]
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