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10 Language-to-English DictionariesFah
/fɑː/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The fourth note of a major scale in solmization, used in vocal music instruction.
"She practiced the vocal scale, hitting every note smoothly from do to fah."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived as an alternative spelling or phonetic variant of 'fa', the fourth note of the diatonic solfège scale. The term originates from the 11th-century hymn 'Ut queant laxis' composed by Paul the Deacon, where Guido of Arezzo adopted the initial syllables of each hemistich to name the musical notes.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Fah" is said worldwide
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fa
Transliteration: fa
"Chantez la note fa clairement."
fa
Transliteration: fa
"Singen Sie den Ton fa."
fa
Transliteration: fa
"Il quarto grado della scala è il fa."
fa
Transliteration: fa
"El fa es la cuarta nota musical."
fá
Transliteration: fa
"Toque a nota fá no piano."
फा
Transliteration: fa
"संगीत के पैमाने पर फा चौथी ध्वनि है।"
发
Transliteration: fà
"唱名中的第四音是发。"
파
Transliteration: pa
"계이름에서 파는 네 번째 음입니다."
ファ
Transliteration: fa
"階名のファの音を歌いなさい。"
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