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Alla Breve

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Noun

1. alla breve

a musical time signature indicating two or four half notes to a measure

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Alla Breve

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noun
1. 
a musical time signature indicating two or four minims to a bar
adjective, adverb
2. 
twice as fast as normal

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Alla Breve

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1. 
in 2/2 time
often used as a musical direction
2. 
2/2 time, in which the half note receives the beat; cut time

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Alla Breve

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adv. & adj.
In cut time.
n.
The sign indicating that a passage is to be played in cut time.

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