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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: sol + fa

sol-fa

 noun
     
Related topics: Music
sol-fa also sol‧fege [uncountable]
APM the system in which the notes of the musical scale are represented by seven short words, do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, which are used especially in singing
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