octave
(AHK-tiv)
[Eng.] - [Fr.]
An interval spanning seven diatonic degrees, eleven semitones. An octave above C would be C. The frequency of a note one octave above another will have exactly twice as many Hertz as the frequency of the note an octave below it.
See also
[Eng.] octave;
[Fr.] octave;
[Ger.] Oktave;
[It.] ottava.
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