- a vocal exercise in which the sol-fa syllables are used.
- the use of the sol-fa syllables to name or represent the tones of a melody or voice part, or the tones of the scale, or of a particular series, as the scale of C; solmization.
- a voice exercise in which runs, scales, etc, are sung to the same syllable or syllables
- solmization, esp the French or Italian system, in which the names correspond to the notes of the scale of C major