In music, an Italian term meaning 'with the' that tells musicians to play in a particular style, often used in phrases like 'colla voce' (with the voice).
From Italian 'colla,' a contraction of 'con la' meaning 'with the,' derived from Latin 'cum' (with) and the feminine article 'la' (the).
The phrase 'colla voce' revolutionized instrumental music by allowing instruments to follow a singer's emotional phrasing rather than staying in strict time, creating more human-sounding accompaniment.
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