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

I had to translate it into music for keyboard, where the octave isn’t an octave.

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

Figure 4.2: When two notes are one octave apart, one has a frequency exactly two times higher than the other — it has twice as many waves.

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