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Meaning of "solmization" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SOLMIZATION

From French solmisation, from solmiser to use the sol-fa syllables, from sol1 + mi.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SOLMIZATION

ˌsɒlmɪˈzeɪʃən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOLMIZATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Solmization is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOLMIZATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Solmization

Solmization is a system of attributing a distinct syllable to each note in a musical scale. Various forms of solmization are in use and have been used throughout the world, but solfège is the most common convention in Europe and North America. The seven syllables normally used for this practice in English-speaking countries are: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti (with a chromatic scale of ascending di, ri, fi, si, li and descending te, le, se, me, ra). There are at least two theories about the origins of solfège. One is that the syllables are derived from The Hymn of St. John written by Paulus Diaconus in the 8th century. The other, first proposed by Franciszek Meninski in Thesaurus Linguarum Orientalum (1680) and later by J.-B. Laborde in Essai sur la Musique Ancienne et Moderne (1780), is that the syllables were derived from the Arabic solmization system درر مفصّلات Durar Mufaṣṣalāt ("Separated Pearls") (dāl, rā', mīm, fā', ṣād, lām, tā') during the Middle Ages.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOLMIZATION

authorization · characterization · civilization · customization · globalization · hospitalisation · hospitalization · hybridization · localization · novelization · optimisation · optimization · organisation · organization · realization · specialization · stabilization · synchronization · utilization · visualization

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOLMIZATION

solitariness · solitary · solitary confinement · soliton · solitude · solitudinarian · solitudinous · solivagant · sollar · solleret · sollicker · solmisation · solo · Solo man · solo mother · solo parent · solo stop · solo whist · soloist · soloistic

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOLMIZATION

accreditation · action · administration · animation · application · association · certification · citation · combination · communication · confirmation · conversation · corporation · creation · decoration · destination · documentation · duration · education · evaluation · excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of solmization in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «solmization» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOLMIZATION

Find out the translation of solmization to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of solmization from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «solmization» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

阶名唱法
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

solmization
570 millions of speakers
en

English

solmization
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

solmization
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

solmization
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

сольфеджио
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

solfejo
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

solmization
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

solfège
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Solmisasi
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

solmization
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

階名唱法
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

solmization
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Solmisasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

solmization
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

solmization
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सोडवणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

solfej
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

solmization
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

solmization
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

сольфеджіо
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

solfegiu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

solmization
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

solmization
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

solmization
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

solmization
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of solmization

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOLMIZATION»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOLMIZATION»

Discover the use of solmization in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to solmization and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory
Example 13.10 Solmizations from Adriano Banchieri, Cartella musicale (1614), and Christopher Simpson, A Compendium of practical music (1667) Hexachordal solmization (Banchieri. 1614) A ai o " " O «• o T u n ni fa sol/re mi fa ml aol fa ...
Thomas Christensen, 2002
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Imago Musicae 1984: International Yearbook of Musical ...
introduction makes clear, this innovation was contrary to all established practice, and had probably already met significant opposition.30 Bourgeois's attempt to simplify solmization by separating it from the Guidonian hexachord system (and ...
Tilman Seebass, 1985
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Bach and the Meanings of Counterpoint
It is possible, then, that the piece might date back to the 1720s, when the debate over solmization was at its peak. The title of Bach's canon, Fa Mi, et Mi Fa est tola Musica, refers to a commonplace - increasingly challenged by progressive ...
David Yearsley, 2002
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Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music
Here he divides vocal music into three types: singing with solmization syllables ( the preferred way for instructing children), singing without text (easily done by skilled singers) and singing with words, the desired goal of the best singers.
Tess Knighton, David Fallows, 1992
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Theories of Fugue from the Age of Josquin to the Age of Bach
Solmization was nothing more than an unnecessary remnant of the past. After the publication of his Beschiitzte Orchestre, Mattheson sent copies to a number of colleagues, including such prominent musicians as Fux, Telemann, and Handel,  ...
Paul Walker, 2000
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The Renaissance Reform of Medieval Music Theory: Guido of ...
Gafori, for his part, eventually placed this revised and classicizing image of Guido of Arezzo at the very center of his solmization theory, as the remainder of this chapter will now show. Solmization theory in Gafori's Practica musicae Proprietas  ...
Stefano Mengozzi, 2010
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The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians
A musical subject or *cantusfirmus derived from a text by employing *solmization syllables whose vowels correspond to the vowels in the text. Soir, Le [Fr.]. See Matin, Le. Sol. See Pitch names, Solmization, Hexachord. Solage (fl. 1370-90).
Don Michael Randel, 1999
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Comparative Analyses of Auditory Stroop Effect and Counter ...
advantages of relative solmization as follows: (a) Relative solmization had a longer history that could be traced back to Guido d'Arezzo in the eleventh century ; (b) Scales and melodies were based on pitch relationships; therefore, relative ...
Yuka Naito-Billen, 2007
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Treatise on Harpsichord Tuning
... show that everything depends on these two. They began to build a keyboard, that is, keys without feintes9 or sharps. As proof of this, the feintes and sharps have no proper [solmization] syllables of their own, only those that they borrow from ...
Jean Denis, Vincent J. Panetta, 1987
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A Performer's Guide to Medieval Music
Solmization has some other practical advantages: it uses all the five continental vowels, a, e, i, o, and u, and each syllable is articulated by a different consonant. Moreover, the most difficult interval, the half step, is aided by having its lower ...
Ross W. Duffin, 2000

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOLMIZATION»

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음악의 본질은 무엇일까
그는 음악사적으로 기여한 공적 중 6개의 음들(ut re mi fa sol la)에 근거하는 계명창(solmization)의 발명자이며 새로운 기보체계, 즉 보표 선의 도입으로 오늘날까지 ... «레디앙, Apr 14»
2
The musical shorthand
Sargam or solmization is the system of singing a swara with an associated syllable, for example, sa, re, ga, ma. So would the rhythm section be playing solfège ... «Livemint, Jul 11»
3
Sacred Harp Tradition Thrives in Clarke County
Shape note musical notation uses note heads in four distinct shapes, each associated with a solmization syllable, to aid in sight-reading. The group first sings ... «Clarke Daily News, Jul 10»
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Guest trumpeter Ryan Anthony disappoints in Wisconsin Chamber …
He filled the work with quotations and personal symbolism, around the four-note motto that he derived from translating his name into solmization tones (D, E-flat, ... «Isthmus, Mar 10»
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