Musical direction

• Verse form --- rima
• ___ rima (eight-line stanza)
• Up or down 12 semitones, in musical notation
• Score marking to play higher or lower than written
• In music, a full interval higher or lower than written
• Interval for Rossini

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. (context music English) One octave higher. Marking indicates a passage to be transposed up one octave. Abbreviation: 8va.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ), ...