noun
ut
uut
noun
1
An old name for the first note of the musical scale, later replaced by "do" in solfège.
"In early solfège systems, singers began the scale on ut rather than do."
How to Use Ut
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old musical syllable, the ancestor of "do" in "do-re-mi."
Word Forms
uts plural
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Etymology
From Latin ut ("as, how"), the first word of a Latin hymn used to teach the musical scale by Guido of Arezzo.