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music-glossary: ossia

 
 1.224 ossia
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 ES: ossia, I: ossia, F: ossia, alternative, D: Ossia, NL: alternatief,
 DK: ossia, S: ossia, FI: ossia, vaihtoehtoinen esitystapa.
 
    Ossia (otherwise) marks an alternative.  It is an added staff or
 piano score, usually only a few measures long, which presents another
 version of the music, for example for small hands.
 
 
 See also
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    Compare: cue-notes.
 

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