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sol-fa
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synonyms: gamut ???
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Definition:To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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if thou hadst learned the first part of hawking, thou wouldst have learned to have held fast, or the first note of descant, thou wouldst have kept thy sol-fa to thyself.
John Lyly. Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578)
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