a rovescio

adverb

a ro·ve·scio | \ ˌärōˈve(ˌ)shō, -eshēˌō\

variants: or less commonly al rovescio \ ˌälr- \

Definition of a rovescio

: in contrary motion —used as a direction in music indicating imitation by reversion or by inversion

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