Definitions for solfeggio

solfeggio sol·feg·gio

Spelling: [sol-fej-oh, -fej-ee-oh]
IPA: /sɒlˈfɛdʒ oʊ, -ˈfɛdʒ iˌoʊ/

Solfeggio is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 215 anagrams from letters in solfeggio (efggiloos).

Definitions for solfeggio

noun

  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 of solfeggio

1765-75; Italian, derivative of solfeggiare, equivalent to solf(a) (see sol-fa) + -eggiare v. suffix

Examples for solfeggio

Perhaps you may be passed in with even a solfeggio, but just think!

Thus my ear was thoroughly practised, and I easily held my place, even at that early age, in a solfeggio class.

So to ease the situation I gave lessons in solfeggio and on the piano in a poor little school in the neighborhood.

He might be practising a solfeggio,” I suggested, “which you could sing for him.

She took up her studies in solfeggio and harmony and settled down into the routine of hard, persistent study with renewed vigor.

solfeggio, solfège—a vocal exercise sung either on simple vowels or on arbitrary syllables containing these simple vowel sounds.

Certain studies were repugnant to him, mathematics and solfeggio.

When the elder boys had done, the younger came forward and sang some solfeggio exercises.

The practice of solfeggio gives clearness and accuracy to the ear, and teaches the eye to read with certainty and speed.

The performance only showed how thorough had been her instruction in solfeggio at the Conservatory.

Word Value for solfeggio
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Words with friends

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