Pronouncing Dictionary of Musical Terms

How to say it as well as what it means: every Italian, German and French musical term of 1896, respelled phonetically for the student.

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Octave Flute

The piccolo.

Ottava bassa. An octave lower than written; the sign: 8va Ba... Ottava alta (It.). At the octave above; indicates that the passage is to be played an octave higher than written, indicated by the sign: 8va A return to the natural position of the notes is signified by the word loco (place), or frequently by the cessation of the dotted line, thus: 8va..

Octet, Octuor, Ottetto (It.), Oktett (Ger.),

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