all' ottava

: at an octave higher or lower than written. used as a direction in music.

played one octave higher than written ottava al·​ta. -ˈältə : intended to be played one octave higher than written. used as a direction in music.

Translation of ottava – Italian–English dictionary octave [noun] in music, a series or range of eight notes. octet [noun] a group of eight musicians, eight lines in a poem etc. (Translation of ottava from the PASSWORD Italian–English Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)

An octave is a series of eight notes in a musical scale. It is also used to talk about the difference in pitch between the first and last notes in a musical scale.

Ottava rima is a rhyming stanza form of Italian origin. Originally used for long poems on heroic themes, it later came to be popular in the writing of mock-heroic works. Its earliest known use is in the writings of Giovanni Boccaccio.

Originally an Italian stanza of eight 11-syllable lines, with a rhyme scheme of ABABABCC. Sir Thomas Wyatt introduced the form in English, and Lord Byron adapted it to a 10-syllable line for his mock-epic Don Juan.

Ottava Rima poems consist of eight-line stanzas, following an ABABABCC rhyming scheme. The first six lines alternate rhyming with one another until the final two lines, which contain a double rhyme - known as a couplet.

Originally an Italian stanza of eight 11-syllable lines, with a rhyme scheme of ABABABCC. Sir Thomas Wyatt introduced the form in English, and Lord Byron adapted it to a 10-syllable line for his mock-epic Don Juan.

The seventh octave is the highest octave of a piano. Using middle C (C4) as a guide, the next higher C is C5 or tenor C. The next C is C6 or soprano high C. The next C, C7 or double high C, is again one octave higher.

Western music typically uses 12 notes – C, D, E, F, G, A and B, plus five flats and equivalent sharps in between, which are: C sharp/D flat (they're the same note, just named differently depending on what key signature is being used), D sharp/E flat, F sharp/G flat, G sharp/A flat and A sharp/B flat.

Ottava Rima poems consist of eight-line stanzas, following an ABABABCC rhyming scheme. The first six lines alternate rhyming with one another until the final two lines, which contain a double rhyme - known as a couplet.

More contemporary English poets to use the form include William Butler Yeats and Kenneth Koch. Ottava rima are 8 lines with an abababcc rhyme scheme, most commonly written in iambic pentameter (or 10-syllable lines). The form can work as a stand alone poem, or be used as connecting stanzas.