alla breve

Definition of Alla Breve in English :

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

noun

1.

a musical time signature indicating two or four minims to a bar

adjective, adverb

2.

twice as fast as normal

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

adv. & adj.

In cut time.

n.

The sign indicating that a passage is to be played in cut time.