Home › S › Soave (It.) (so-a'-veh)

Soave (It.) (so-a'-veh)

Sweet.

SMORZANDO SONATA DI CHIESA Soavemente (It.) (so-a-veh - men'-teh).

Sweetly. fa of the lower tetrachord to the mi of the upper that the expression, "mi contra fa," came to have a proverbial meaning. This interval, called the tritone (three tones), was by the ancient theorists stigmatized as "tritonus diabolus est." New syllables have at different times been proposed; one scheme of which the syllables were bo, ce, di, ga, lo, ma, ni, was called bocedization; another with da, me, ni, po, hi, la, be, was called damenization. The only modifications and additions to the syllables that have been permanently adopted are those used by the "Tonic Solfaists," q. v.