octave

CEFRB1

/ˈɒktɪv/

noun

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In plain English

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noun
A musical interval covering eight notes.
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noun
Extra detail
A coupler on an organ which allows the organist to sound the note an octave above the note of the key pressed (cf sub-octave)

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At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch.
An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.
A poetic stanza consisting of eight lines; usually used as one part of a sonnet.

In context

The melody jumps up an octave at the beginning, then later drops back down an octave.
The octave has a pitch ratio of 2:1.
The singer was known for astounding clarity over her entire five-octave range.

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With mournful melody it continued this octave.
a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The Ne...
If they always do a lateral parry quarte, and never a semicircular octave, that gives you an opening.
2009, Ray Finkleman, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
[…] the Chamberlains' records of the companies' visits to their towns are, for the most part, not precisely dates, but merely group them together […] within their annual accounting period which normally […] ran from Michaelmas (29 September) to Michaelmas, or its octave (6 October).
2000, John Southworth, Shakespeare the Player
It was extended to the entire Church by 1814, and then in 1913 the feast was transferred to September 15, the octave day of the Birth of Mary and the day after the Exaltation of the Cross.
2014, Jennifer Gregory Miller, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
Mercury then joins its higher octave and generous counterpart Jupiter early next week, and it opens gates of opportunity.
2016, Kristin Fontana, The Beach Reporter

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From Latin octavus (“eighth”). Doublet of octavo, ochava, and oitava.