fixed-do system

noun

variants or less commonly fixed-doh system

ˈfiks(t)ˈdō-

: a system of solfège in which each of the sol-fa syllables is always assigned to a given note of the C-major scale and its chromatic inflections (such as do for C, C-sharp, and C-flat) compare movable-do system

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

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