fa
A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic note of a major scaleA syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.
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2 sensesA syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.
фаfa
the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization
A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.
Sometimes syllable for both the tonic and the fourth.
Examples
10 sentencesHer tears were a façade.
The façade of that house is a nightmare.
deDie Fassade dieses Hauses ist der Horror. — driini
In my language, the notes of the scale are do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do.
Музичні ноти моєю мовою — це до, ре, мі, фа, соль, ля й сі. — deniko
In my language, the notes of the scale are do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do.
Музичні ноти моєю мовою — це до, ре, мі, фа, соль, ля й сі. — deniko
ruНа моем языке ноты гаммы называются так: до, ре, ми, фа, соль, ля, си, до. — Airy
It's just a façade.
deDas sind nur Potemkinsche Dörfer. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Glover's solmization, from Middle English fa (“fourth degree or note of Guido of ArezFrom Glover's solmization, from Middle English fa (“fourth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian fa in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin famulī (“servants”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
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