octave
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The A, D and G strings are all tuned an octave higher than a standard guitar, adding a new level of tonality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
It became a defining song for the genre, marrying Thomas's gospel-trained, four octave vocals to a pulsing electronic beat.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024
What if that same octave were equally divided into 14 tones, or 16?
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
In the musical analogy, important musical intervals based on ratios of frequencies are the fourth, 4:3, the fifth, 3:2, and the octave, 2:1.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2024
Hila’s voice rose an octave as she moved to stand by Ekon, ankle bells jingling with each step.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
An illustration shows middle C having the scent of a rose; the C two octaves higher, jasmine; in the rumbly bass, clove and vanilla.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
However, in one research project, astronomer Mark Whittle compressed the first million years of the universe into 10 seconds, shifted up by 50 octaves so that the human ear could hear.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025
When I write for tuba, I sing all of the melodic parts and I transcribe them maybe three or four octaves down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024
This excitation triggers the generation of harmonic electronic states that give rise to single photons -- similar to how musical harmonics produce notes across multiple octaves.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024
The octave was named by musicians who were more interested in how octaves are divided into scales, than in how their frequencies are related.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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