soh
/səʊ/ (bre, ipa) · /səʊ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsō/ (ame, mw)
soh — noun
1. the step that comes fifth when singers count up a major scale using the syllable
the step that comes fifth when singers count up a major scale using the syllables do, re, mi, fa, soh, la, ti, do — used mainly in British tonic sol-fa for pitch training
Apinya held the note soh for four beats while the rest of the choir followed her lead.
hold the note soh collocation
The Welsh chapel choir warmed up by singing do, re, mi, fa, soh, la, ti, do before evening service.
do-re-mi-fa-soh sequence in sol-fa scale
Mr Quinn pointed at the blackboard and asked the children to land on soh without hearing the piano first.
Chidi practised jumping from doh up to soh until the interval felt comfortable in his ear.
During the music exam, Eliska wrote soh beneath the fifth note on every line of the score.
- sol
American spelling of the same syllable; identical pitch role in the scale, different orthography
- fifth (of the scale)
technical music-theory term for the same scale degree; broader and not tied to the sol-fa singing system
- dominant
music-theory label for the fifth degree of a major scale; refers to the harmonic function rather than the sung syllable
用法筆記
Spelled this way mainly in British tonic sol-fa teaching (alongside doh, ray, me, fah, lah, te) to keep one syllable per note and avoid confusion with the English word sol. Most American and modern international solfège texts use 'sol' instead.