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verb, transitive + intransitive
sol·mi·zate
ˈsäl-mə-ˌzāt
variants
or less commonly solmize
ˈsäl-ˌmīz
solmizated also solmized; solmizating also solmizing; solmizates also solmizes
1
transitive
: to sing or represent (music) using the sol-fa syllables
If the tenor has an E-flat, that note is solmizated as fa, and the following D must be mi …—
Jan Herlinger, in Explorations in Music, the Arts, and Ideas, 1988
… there may be more than one correct way of solmizing a given passage.—
Geoffrey Newton Sharp, The Music Review, 1969
2
intransitive
: to sing using the sol-fa syllables
Whether Guido himself used the syllables to name the steps, let alone to solmizate, must remain a matter of conjecture …—
Karol Berger, Musica Ficta, (1987) 2004
… the perversion of incorrect solmizing …—
Margaret Bent, Counterpoint, Composition, and Musica Ficta, 2002
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