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Solresol · 12 August 2026

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solresol

SOL-re-SOL · three spoken or sung notes · 5–2–5

  • language
  • idiom
  • linguistics

The language names language itself with a tiny arch of three notes: sol, down to re, and home to sol.

Seven-note spelling

Say it, play it, flash it

  1. sol5 · blue
  2. re2 · orange
  3. sol5 · blue
Treble-clef notation for sol · re · sol solresol
On a modern treble clef, using C4 through B4.

Sudre's dictionary assigns sol–re–sol to language, idiom, dialect, linguistics, and philology. It also became the conventional name of his system.

Gajewski’s grammar also shows a three-line staff and a special shorthand. Here, the notes appear on a modern treble clef. The C-major pitches are a playback choice; Solresol does not require absolute pitch.

Tiny sentence

Dore domilado solresol.

I speak language

“I speak Solresol.”

A beginner teaching sentence assembled from the dictionary forms dore, domilado, and solresol. Solresol verbs do not inflect for person here.

Treble-clef notation for do · re · do · mi · la · do · sol · re · sol doredomiladosolresol
On a modern treble clef, using C4 through B4.

There is a short pause between words. The C-major pitches are a playback choice.

Receipts

Sources and cautions

The headword and gloss follow the community English dictionary translated from Sudre's original definitions; the sentence is a transparent teaching example, not a quotation from Sudre.