Music Term: (It.) - Time. (1) The terms prima volta (first time) and seconda volta (second time) are used when a section of a composition, or the composition, is to be repeated with some change in the final bar(s) indicated by these words and horizontal brackets; (2) A lively dance in 6 / 8 time popular in the late 16th and early 17th centuries in which men swing women high in the air.