ALL' OTTAVA


Meaning of ALL' OTTAVA in English

/ahl' euh tah"veuh/ ; It. /ahl'lawt tah"vah/ , 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.

[ 1815-25; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .