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An exercise for the voice, in which the sol-fa syllables are employed; †also transferred, an exercise for a musical instrument.
A singing exercise using individual vowel sounds or syllables sung in succession, typically in order to develop flexibility and control of pitch and…
(a) = solfeggio, n. (b) (See quot. 1954.) Also attributive.