octave

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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

In the chorus, she jumps the octave to scream the song’s title — it’s haunting and unforgiving.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 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

Brown noise contains sounds from every octave on the sound spectrum; however, the “power behind frequencies decreases with each octave.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2024

You may use more than one octave of each scale, but use only one scale for each piece.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones