tonic sol-fa

the fourth note noun. or chiefly British fah /ˈfɑː/ Britannica Dictionary definition of FA. [noncount] music. : the fourth note of a musical scale.

[ sohl-fah, sohl-fah ] show ipa. noun. Music. the set of syllables, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, sung to the respective tones of the scale.

tonic sol-fa in American English a system of musical notation based on the relationship between the tones of a key, using the syllables of solmization (do, re, mi, etc.) instead of the usual staff symbols: used in teaching singing.

Benefits. it allows you to interpret and name each note's function in a given key and in relation to one another. (This is REGARDLESS of key, clef or instrument. In other words, do is ALWAYS the tonic of a Major key, so is ALWAYS the dominant in a Major key, la is ALWAYS the tonic of a minor key etc.)

Tonic Definition: What Is Tonic in Music? The tonic is the first and last note on a major or minor scale. Additionally, it is the most important and central note in the major or minor scale. It is commonly used at the beginnings and ends of melodies in songs and compositions.

Tonic sol-fa (or tonic sol-fah) is a pedagogical technique for teaching sight-singing, invented by Sarah Ann Glover (1785–1867) of Norwich, England and popularised by John Curwen, who adapted it from a number of earlier musical systems.

sol-fa (n.) "syllables used in solmization (do, re, mi, etc.) taken collectively," in early music, 1540s, from Italian, a noun made from Medieval Latin sol and fa, two of the syllables used to represent notes of the musical scale in the Guidonian system (see gamut).

For example, in the key of C major, the notes are: C, D, E, F, G, A B. In Solfa notation, these are changed to Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti. As mentioned above, we can see that the names are a combination of a consonant and a vowel letter.

tonic, also called keynote, in music, the first note (degree) of any diatonic (e.g., major or minor) scale. It is the most important degree of the scale, serving as the focus for both melody and harmony.

sol-fa (n.) "syllables used in solmization (do, re, mi, etc.) taken collectively," in early music, 1540s, from Italian, a noun made from Medieval Latin sol and fa, two of the syllables used to represent notes of the musical scale in the Guidonian system (see gamut).

Scale Degrees. Each note of a scale has a special name, called a scale degree. The first (and last) note is called the tonic. The fifth note is called the dominant.

The tonic is established by the root tone, the third and the fifth which assembled build the tonic triad and give to the musician and listener the feeling to be at “home”, if not at the beginning then mostly at the end of a phrase.