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octave

[ok-tiv, -teyv] / ˈɒk tɪv, -teɪv /
NOUN
rhythmic interval
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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

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

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

She’d dropped her voice an octave, in a pretty decent imitation of Dad.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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