la

The word “la” means in solfège, the syllable used for the sixth note of a major scale. In plain terms, mostly known as the musical syllable for the sixth note of the scale, or as a playful interjection.

“La” is pronounced lah (/lɑː/ in IPA).

Here is “la” used in a sentence: “She practised the scale slowly, singing do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do.”

Depending on how it is used, “la” can be a noun and an intj.

The word “la” comes from Latin. From the medieval solmization system devised by Guido of Arezzo, in which each note of the scale was named from a syllable in a Latin hymn.

“La” is a very common word in modern English.

“La” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: in solfège, the syllable used for the sixth note of a major scale.

"La" is the sixth note, or sixth degree, of a major scale in the solfège system. Going up the scale, the syllables run do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do. In the key of C major, "la" corresponds to the note A. In music theory it is also called the submediant.

Solfège is a method of teaching pitch and sight-singing by giving each note of the scale a syllable: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti. Singers use these syllables instead of letter names to learn melodies and intervals by ear. "La" is the sixth of these seven syllables.

In fixed-do solfège, "la" always means the note A. In movable-do solfège, "la" is the sixth degree of whatever key you are in, so it shifts — in C major "la" is A, but in G major "la" is E. So "la" names a scale position, while A names a fixed pitch.