fa : Idioms & Phrases

• noun meaningless syllables in the refrain of a partsong
  fal la.
  

WordNet

Sol`-fa" intransitive verb

Etymology

It. solfa the gamut, from the syllables fa, sol.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Sol-faed ;present participle & verbal noun Sol-faing

Definitions

1. 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.

   Yet can I neither solfe ne sing. Piers Plowman.

Sol"-fa" noun

Definitions

1. The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.

Webster 1913

• (Mus.), the name of the most popular among letter systems of notation (at least in England), based on key relationship, and hence called "tonic." Instead of the five lines, clefs, signature, etc., of the usual notation, it employs letters and the syllables do, re, mi, etc., variously modified, with other simple signs of duration, of upper or lower octave, etc. See Sol-fa.

Webster 1913