Associations to the word «Alla»

Wiktionary

ALLA, proper noun. A transliteration of the Russian female given name А́лла.
ALLA BREVE, noun. (music) a time signature when the half note is the beat and there are two beats per measure
ALLA MARCIA, noun. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in the style of a march, usually with a 2/4 or 4/4 beat with an accent on the down beat
ALLA MARCIA, noun. (music) A passage having this mark
ALLA MARCIA, adverb. (music) played in the style of a march
ALLA MARCIA, adjective. (music) describing a passage having this mark

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