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Answer for the clue "Easier version indicator, in music scores ", 5 letters:
ossia

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is a musical term for an alternative passage which may be played instead of the original passage. The word ossia comes from the Italian for "alternatively" and was originally spelled o sia , meaning "or be it" (Fallows 774). Ossia passages are very common ...

Usage examples of ossia.

One is leontiasis ossia, which I take to be some kind of bone disease.

Serse, ossia del Papa, avea concesso tutto questo bel tempo ai proscritti senza sturbarli ed essi conoscendone le condizioni, davansi poca briga di allontanarsi.