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___ rima (eight-line stanza)
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ottava
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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 ), ...
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adv. (context music English) One octave higher. Marking indicates a passage to be transposed up one octave. Abbreviation: 8va.
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Both these poems are in ottava rima, a metre which, if Boccaccio did not invent it, he was the first to apply to such a purpose.