solmizate
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
Definition of solmizate
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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