solfeggio
See also: solfeggiò
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian solfeggio. Doublet of solfège.
Noun
solfeggio (countable and uncountable, plural solfeggios or solfeggi)
Indonesian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian solfeggio.
Noun
solfeggio
- (music) solfeggio, solfège: a method of sight singing that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, and si (or ti) to represent the seven principal pitches of the scale, most commonly the major scale. The fixed-do system uses do for C, and the moveable-do system uses do for whatever key the melody uses (thus B is do if the piece is in the key of B). The relative natural minor of a scale may be represented by beginning at la
Further reading
- “solfeggio” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology 1
From solfeggiare.
Noun
solfeggio m (plural solfeggi)
Descendants
- → English: solfeggio
- → Estonian: solfedžo
- → French: solfège
- → Romanian: solfegiu
- → Russian: сольфеджио (solʹfedžio)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
solfeggio
- first-person singular present indicative of solfeggiare
See also
Further reading
- solfeggio on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it