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all' ottava

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all' ot⋅ta⋅va

  [ahl uh-tah-vuh; It. ahl-lawt-tah-vah]
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–noun Music.
a direction (8va), placed above or below the staff to indicate that the passage covered is to be played one octave higher or lower respectively.
Origin:
1815–25; < It: lit., at the octave
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all' ot·ta·va   (āl'ə-tä'və, äl'ō-)   
adv.   & adj.
Ottava.

[Italian : all', at the + ottava, octave.]
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