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TONIC SOLFA

Dictionary entry overview: What does tonic solfa mean?

• TONIC SOLFA (noun)
The noun TONIC SOLFA has 1 sense:

1. a system of solmization using the solfa syllables: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti

Familiarity information: TONIC SOLFA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TONIC SOLFA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A system of solmization using the solfa syllables: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

solfa; tonic solfa

Hypernyms ("tonic solfa" is a kind of...):

solmisation; solmization (a system of naming the notes of a musical scale by syllables instead of letters)

Meronyms (parts of "tonic solfa"):

solfa syllable (one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization)

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