so

so — noun

1. in the singing-syllable system do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, the syllable that nam

1.名詞C1
釋義

in the singing-syllable system do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, the syllable that names a major scale's fifth degree, sitting a perfect fifth above the starting pitch; also written soh or sol.

例句

Mrs. Adeyemi tapped a piano key and asked the choir to sing so.

noun used as the name of a sung pitch

In C major, so is the note G, five steps above the tonic.

explanatory pattern: so is the note [letter]

同義詞
  • soh

    British solfège spelling of the same fifth-scale note

  • sol

    American and Romance-language spelling of the same note

  • dominant

    music-theory term for the fifth degree of a major scale

用法筆記

Almost always written and sung in solfège exercises rather than ordinary prose. The spellings so, soh, and sol all refer to the same pitch; British music textbooks tend to prefer soh, while American ones prefer sol.

常見錯誤

❌So is the third note of the scale.
✅So is the fifth note of the scale.
💡so always names the fifth degree (the dominant), not the third.
❌I sang so the song very well.
✅I sang the note so very clearly.
💡as a noun, so names a pitch, so it needs a determiner like the note or a possessive, not a bare object slot.

so — adjective

so — adverb

so — conjunction