sol-fa (sōl-fä') Music.
n.

1. The set of syllables do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, used to represent the tones of the scale.
2. Use of these syllables.

v., -faed, -fa·ing, -fas.

intr. & tr.v.
To use the sol-fa syllables or sing using these syllables.

[Italian solfa, from Medieval Latin : sol, note of the scale; see gamut + fa, note of the scale; see gamut.]

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