Oktavflöte

A generic term for sheet music (typically in the form of a booklet) containing a short choral work. This term comes from the fact that most most popular and liturgical choral works are printed on the octavo size paper (about 7 inches by 10 3/4 inches).

at the octave An Italian term meaning at the octave (below). Abbreviated as 8va bassa, 8a b. or more commonly today, 8vb. When written below a passage it indicates the passage be performed one octave lower than written.

[Abbreviation, ordinario] The abbreviation for the Italian term, ordinario. It is a directive to return to the usual way of performing after a passage that was indicated with a special performance technique.

When four leaves (eight pages) were printed on the same size sheet, which would later be folded twice, the format of the resultant volume was a "quarto" (four leaves). The term "octavo" relates to the sheet having eight leaves printed on it.

To make life even simpler, remember 'Folio' is a large upright-shaped book and an 'Octavo' is a small upright-shaped book, while a 'Quarto' is in-between the two and mostly square-shaped.

15ma is an archaic symbol not commonly understood even by trained musicians. Its reference is not based on modern associations between musical octaves (2:1; 8x2=16) and octave frequency relationships (f, 2f, 4f), but rather a more esoteric concept of the quindicesima (the 15th value in a simple number sequence).

Abbreviation for ottava bassa or "at the octave below." This indication is found below specific notes on a staff and indicates that those notes should be performed one octave lower than written.

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f. forte (loud) ff. fortissimo (very loud) These terms have no absolute values and are relative to one another according to the context of the music.

When four leaves (eight pages) were printed on the same size sheet, which would later be folded twice, the format of the resultant volume was a "quarto" (four leaves). The term "octavo" relates to the sheet having eight leaves printed on it.

To make life even simpler, remember 'Folio' is a large upright-shaped book and an 'Octavo' is a small upright-shaped book, while a 'Quarto' is in-between the two and mostly square-shaped.

The use of the term "octavo" as applied to such books refers to books which are generally between 8 and 10 inches (200 and 250 mm) tall, the most common size for modern hardbound books. More specific sizes are denoted by reference to certain paper sizes as follows: Foolscap octavo (6¾" by 4¼") (170 mm x 108 mm)