sol-faing, vbl. n.
[f. sol-fa v. + -ing1.]
The action or practice of singing to the sol-fa syllables; solmization.
| 1549–62 Sternhold & H. Ps. To Rdr., The knowledge of perfect Solefaying. 1609 J. Dowland Ornith. Microl. 14 Euery Song may be sung by Solfaing, which is for Nouices, that learne to sing. 1667 C. Simpson Compend. Pract. Mus. 6 That which we call the sol-fa-ing of a Song. 1730 Treat. Harmony 64 The Example of the Octave..to show how true and certain this method of solfaing is. 1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XII. 506 note, From which characters, except in sol-fa'ing, the notes in the diatonic series are generally named. 1818 Blackw. Mag. III. 269 The exercises in solmisation or solfaing, as it is more familiarly called. 1875 Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms s.v., In the modern method of Sol-faing no distinction is made between tones and semitones. |
| attrib. 1589 Nashe Martin Marprelate Wks. (Grosart) I. 151 Quaint Querristers..first entred with their Solfaing notes. |