attacca

[ uh-tah-kuh, uh-tak-uh; Italian aht-tahk-kah ]
/ əˈtɑ kə, əˈtæk ə; Italian ɑtˈtɑk kɑ /

verb (used as an imperative) Music.

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

Origin of attacca

< Italian: imperative of attaccare to attack

Words nearby attacca

atry, ats, att., att. gen., attaboy, attacca, attach, attached, attached gingiva, attachment, attachment disorder

Example sentences from the Web for attacca

  • 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