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music-glossary: octave marking

 
 1.221 octave marking
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 ES: a la octava, I: all’ottava, F: octaviation, D: Oktavierung, NL:
 octaveren, DK: oktavering, S: oktavering, FI: oktaavamerkintä.
 
    The practice of marking music – an entire staff, a passage, etc.  –
 to indicate that it is to be played in a different octave.  If applied
 to the clef at the beginning of the staff, all music on that staff is to
 played at the indicated octave.
 
    For a list of the specific marks used, see octave mark.
 
 
 See also
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    interval, loco, octave, octave mark.
 

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