vbl. sb. [f. SOL-FA v. + -ING1.] The action or practice of singing to the sol-fa syllables; solmization.
1549–62. Sternhold & H., Ps. To Rdr. The knowledge of perfect Solefaying.
1609. Douland, Ornith. Microl., 14. Every Song may be sung … by Solfaing, which is for Nouices, that learne to sing.
1667. C. Simpson, Compend. Pract. Mus., 6. That which we call the sol-fa-ing of a Song.
1730. Treat. Harmony, 64. The Example of the Octave … to show how true and certain this method of solfaing is.
1797. Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3), XII. 506, note. From which characters, except in sol-fa’ing, the notes in the diatonic series are generally named.
1818. Blackw. Mag., III. 269/2. The exercises in solmisation, or solfaing, as it is more familiarly called.
1875. Stainer & Barrett, Dict. Mus. Terms, s.v., In the modern method of Sol-faing no distinction is made between tones and semitones.
attrib. 1589. Nashe, Martin Marprelate, Wks. (Grosart), I. 151. Quaint Querristers … first entred with their Solfaing notes.
