octave signs
octave signs
8va or 8 | 8va bassa or 8va sotto |
ottava, i.e. perform an octave higher than written. | perform an octave lower than written (sotto = under). |
loco | con 8 |
place, i.e. (after playing octave higher or lower) resume the playing as written. | play the passage not in single notes, as marked, but in octaves (the added line of octaves will be above if the passage occurs in the treble of a pf. piece, and below if in the bass) |
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