attacca

[ uh-tah-kuh, uh-tak-uh; Italian aht-tahk-kah ]

verb(used as an imperative)Music.

begin immediately (directing a performer to go without pause to the next section).

Origin of attacca

¹

<Italian: imperative of attaccare to attack

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How to use attacca in a sentence

Lætitia was, and could see her way to nothing but obeying the direction on her music, which was attacca.
Somehow Good | William de Morgan
Mirandos was putting on the pedal, and we paused at this moment, as he paused before the attacca.
Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 | Elizabeth Sheppard
attacca subito il seguente—attack at once that which follows.
Music Notation and Terminology | Karl W. Gehrkens

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