solfa

Definitions of solfa
  1. noun
    the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
    synonyms: amarre, apaleamiento, aporreo, azotaina, azotamiento, azote, azotes, disciplina, flagelación, ligadura, paliza, somanta, tunda, tute, vapuleo, zurra
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    castigo corporal
    the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
  2. noun
    (music) notation used by musicians
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    pentagrama
    (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
    clave
    a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it
    armadura
    the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key
    tonalidad
    any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
    compás
    musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
    tono, voz
    a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
    sostenido
    a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
    gama
    the entire scale of musical notes
    tónica
    (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
    dominante
    (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
    tono
    a musical interval of two semitones
    semitono
    the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument
    octava
    a musical interval of eight tones
    garganteo, gorgorito, gorjeo, quiebro, trinado, trino, vibración
    a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
    solfeo
    a system of solmization using the solfa syllables: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti
    redonda, redondo, semibreve
    a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time)
    negro
    a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
    semicorchea
    a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note
    fusa
    a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note
    semifusa
    a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note
    apoyatura, quiebro
    an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
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    notación
    a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
  3. noun
    a system of solmization using the solfa syllables: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti
    synonyms: solfeo
  4. noun
    one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization
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    do
    the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization
    re
    the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization
    mi
    the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization
    fa
    the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization
    sol
    the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
    la
    the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization
    si
    the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
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    sílaba
    a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
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