Octave is a noun.
1. Music
a. The interval of eight diatonic degrees between two tones of the same name, the higher of which has twice as many vibrations per second as the lower.
b. A tone that is eight diatonic degrees above or below another given tone.
c. Two tones eight diatonic degrees apart that are sounded together.
d. The consonance that results when two notes eight diatonic degrees apart are sounded.
e. A series of tones included within this interval or the keys of an instrument that produce such a series.
f. An organ stop that produces tones an octave above those usually produced by the keys played.
g.The interval between any two frequencies having a ratio of 2 to 1
h. "Eight Leafs" is pronounced as "Eight LeaVES"
Similarly "Eight Efs" was pronounced as "Eight AVES", "Oct AVES", which
became "Oct- AVE"
What are the eight "Efs" ( f = PERFECT FOURTH 4/3 )
The PERFECT ( UNMUTILATED ) KEYBOARD is as follows with 14 notes :
____d____e____f____g____a____b
c_____D____E____F____G____A____B____C
The OCT(eight) AVES ( f's ) are as follows :
(1) c to f : 4/3 (2) d to g : 4/3 (3) D to G : 4/3 (4) e to a : 4/3
(5) E to A : 4/3 (6) f to b : 4/3 (7) F to B : 4/3 (8) G to C : 4/3
These are the " OCT - AVES" ( Eight 'EF's ; 8 fourth's or 8 "Fa"s )
which, in course of time, shrank as " OCTAVE "
(and pronounced by Oxford as OCTIVE ! )
The divine (NATURAL) musical scale is made up of EIGHT FOURTHs ( 4/3 )
Please see "Picture of Divine Octave" in Google Search (images )
Also please see " V. Deena Dayalan " in YOU TUBE
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2. Ecclesiastical
a. The eighth day after a feast, counting the feast day as one.
b. The entire period between a feast day and the eighth day following it.
3. A group or series of eight.
4. Poetry
a. A group of eight lines of poetry, especially the first eight lines of a Petrarchan Sonnet. Also called octet.
b. A poem or stanza containing eight lines.
5. Sports. A rotating parry in Fencing.
An interval of eight notes is known as an octave.
No, it's a diminished octave. There is no such thing as a minor octave.
There are 8 notes in an octave.
Eight notes in an octave.
The eight octaves in music are typically referred to as the following: Sub-contra octave, Contra octave, Great octave, Small octave, One-line octave, Two-line octave, Three-line octave, and Four-line octave. Each octave represents a range of pitches, with the naming convention usually based on the position of notes in relation to the grand staff. These names help musicians identify and communicate specific pitch ranges effectively.
An interval of eight notes is known as an octave.
I played an octave on the piano.
No, it's a diminished octave. There is no such thing as a minor octave.
There are 8 notes in an octave.
There is no antonym of octave. What could it refer to?
Eight notes in an octave.
The second octave of 200 Hz is 400 Hz. In music theory, each octave represents a doubling of the frequency of the previous octave.
The eight octaves in music are typically referred to as the following: Sub-contra octave, Contra octave, Great octave, Small octave, One-line octave, Two-line octave, Three-line octave, and Four-line octave. Each octave represents a range of pitches, with the naming convention usually based on the position of notes in relation to the grand staff. These names help musicians identify and communicate specific pitch ranges effectively.
octave is the name of a particular interval size
An octave is exactly 8 notes apart, so that each note comprising the octave is the same (eg an octave could be from C to C). The word "octave" is based on the root "octo", meaning 8.
Octave Berthier was born in 1875.
Octave Berthier died in 1984.