prima volta

'Prima volta' means first time. It is one of the common shorthand-notations in music. The second time (after hitting the repeat-bar line) the prima-volta part is skipped and the secunda-volta part is to be played. Please note that in this example the repeat-dots in the first bar are omitted (as is common practice).

“turn volta, (Italian: “turn”) the turn in thought in a sonnet that is often indicated by such initial words as But, Yet, or And yet.

of greater importance or stature or rank.

second ending : a second ending of a musical section performed only at the repetition of the section and with omission of the first ending.

The First Ending (the First Volta Bracket) is a closed bracket. The First Ending will end with a Repeat Sign. The Second Ending (the Second Volta Bracket) is also a closed bracket. The Second Ending will end with a Double (Final) Bar Line.

What Are First and Second Endings? Sometimes a repeated section has two different endings. The first time through you play the first ending and the second time through you play the second ending. This happens a lot in music and there is a common way of notating it.

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

Alessandro Volta, in full Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta, (born February 18, 1745, Como, Lombardy [Italy] - died March 5, 1827, Como), Italian physicist whose invention of the electric battery provided the first source of continuous current.

at first attempt Alla prima is an Italian phrase that means 'at first attempt'. It refers to a wet-on-wet approach whereby wet paint is applied to previous layers of still-wet paint, often in a single sitting. Over the years, the technique has been adopted and adapted by artists from Van Gogh to Velázquez.

: at first view : on the first appearance.

molto are commonly used, with molto meaning "much". Conversely, poco cresc. and poco dim. indicate gentler changes, with "poco" translating to a little, or alternatively poco a poco meaning "little by little".

Source: 'Daily Use'.

1. Volta carried out his experimental studies and made his first inventions in Como. (
2. Volta did not appreciate that the voltage was due to chemical reactions. (
3. Volta knew that the torpedo fish threat had to be dispatched quickly. (