Mus. Also solmisation. [ad. F. solmisation, f. solmiser, f. sol SOL2 + mi MI.] The action or practice of solfaing.

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1730.  Treat. Harmony, 59. The Notes, which … have in Solmisation different Sillables to express them.

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1776.  Sir J. Hawkins, Hist. Music, IV. III. viii. 351. The best musicians … had found it expedient to reduce the six syllables used in solmisation to four.

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1818.  Blackw. Mag., III. 269/2. The exercises in solmisation, or solfaing, as it is more familiarly called.

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1879.  Grove’s Dict. Music, I. 369. The solmization system of Guido d’Arrezo. Ibid., 734. So long as the compass of a single Hexachord is not exceeded, its Solmization remains immutable.

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