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| ot·ta·va [ ō tvə ] |
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musical direction: sung or played at an octave higher or lower than the notes written on the staff, indicated by a sign placed above or below the staff
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| [Early 19th century. < Italian, "octave, eighth" < otto "eight" < Latin octo] |
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