la
Meaning
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A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/lɑː/
Etymology
From Glover's solmization, from Middle English la (“sixth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian la in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin labiī (“lip's”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
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