SOLFEGGIO


Meaning of SOLFEGGIO in English

/sol fej"oh, -fej"ee oh'/ , n. , pl. solfeggi /-fej"ee/ , solfeggios . 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.

[ 1765-75; solfeggiare, equiv. to solf ( a ) (see SOL-FA) + -eggiare v. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .