A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic
   scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of
   the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and
   replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note
   C. In England and America the same syllables are used by mane as a
   scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named
   from the first seven letters of the alphabet.