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8 a or 8 va stands for ottava, the Italian word for octave (or "eighth"); the octave above may be specified as ottava alta or ottava sopra). Sometimes 8 va is used to tell the musician to play a passage an octave lower (when placed under rather than over the staff), though the similar notation 8 vb (ottava bassa or ottava sotto) is also used.
Ottava alta 8 va is placed above the staff to indicate that the passage is to be played one octave higher. Ottava bassa 8 vb is placed below the staff to indicate that the passage is to be played one octave lower. [10] [11] Quindicesima alta 15 ma is placed above the staff to indicate that the passage is to be played two octaves higher ...
Ottava may refer to: Ottava rima, an Italian rhyming stanza. In music, an octave. Particularly in the following musical instructions: All' ottava alta (8va, also ottava sopra), transpose music up one octave; All' ottava bassa (8vb, also ottava sotta), transpose music down one octave; Coll' ottava, double at the octave
The word 8 va (or sometimes 8 va alta or 8 va bassa) written above or below a passage does not add octaves, but merely transposes the passage an octave higher or lower. In clarinet music the word chalumeau is used to signify that the passage is to be played an octave lower than written.
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This indicates that the pitches sound an octave lower. As the true tenor clef has fallen into disuse in vocal writings, this "octave-dropped" treble clef is often called the tenor clef. The same clef is sometimes used for the octave mandolin. This can also be indicated with two overlapping G-clefs. Tenor banjo is commonly notated in treble clef.
Ottava rima is a rhyming stanza form of Italian origin. Originally used for long poems on heroic themes, it later came to be popular in the writing of mock-heroic works. Its earliest known use is in the writings of Giovanni Boccaccio. The ottava rima stanza in English consists of eight iambic lines, usually iambic pentameters.