| 单词 | ottava sotta |
| 释义 | > as lemmasottava sotta An octave. Usually (and now only) in Italian phrases with adjectives and adverbs indicating that a passage should be played an octave higher or lower than written, as ottava alta, ottava bassa, ottava sopra, ottava sotta. Abbreviated 8va. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > interval > [noun] > octave diapasona1398 eighth1597 octave1694 ottava1724 septime1764 1724 Short Explic. Foreign Words Musick Bks. 51 Octava, or Ottava, is octave; a Term in Musick, otherwise called an Eighth, or an Interval of Eight Sounds. 1726 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 3) Ottava, an Octave, an Eighth or Interval of 8 sounds. 1848 E. F. Rimbault First Bk. Pianoforte 13 To avoid many ledger-lines below the staff, the notes are sometimes written eight degrees higher than their real place in the system, and the words ottava bassa, or 8va bassa, placed under them, to shew that they are to be played an octave lower than..written. 1980 New Grove Dict. Music I. 284/1 An instruction to play an octave above the written pitch if the sign is placed above the notes (sometimes specified as ottava alta, or sopra); if an octave lower is intended, this is indicated by placing the sign below the notes or by specifying with ottava bassa or sotta. < as lemmas |
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