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all' ottava

[ ahl uh-tah-vuh; Italian ahl-lawt-tah-vah ]

noun

Music.
  1. 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.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of all' ottava1

1815–25; < Italian: literally, at the octave

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