Mar 30, 2018 · In music, an octave is the interval between one musical pitch and another with half or double its frequency. Before we go further, are you pondering this from the perspective of a singer, a …

Oct 28, 2020 · Was the term “octave” coined after the development of early music theory? No. As shown below, it was already in use by the 11th century to denote the musical interval (although the principal …

Apr 18, 2020 · There are many longer answers here on this topic. But the gist is that like the octave (frequency ratio 2:1), small whole-number ratios of frequencies are often heard as "consonant." So …

Because pitch measurement systems (linear and logarithmic) are derived from the octave as 2:1, a double octave represented as 16va (16:8 = 2:1) is a notation evolution surpassing music theory …

Apr 26, 2011 · It makes me wonder if the 12-semitone octave sounded good before the advent of "music as we know it" or if it is something of an acquired taste, in which case alternative breakdowns of the …

Oct 30, 2024 · So who first used the word "octave" in the modern music-theoretical sense, and, more importantly, when? By "the word 'octave'" I mean any word in any language that relates to the …

Oct 24, 2018 · How come the etymology of the word octave is related to the number eight, when the numbers that you would associate with the meaning of the word are either two – doubling of the …

The property of the instruments that transpose by an octave is not the same as just changing clef on, say, piano. 8va and 8vb notation can occur for almost any instrument, but is most commonly used in …

Nov 20, 2020 · In the measure below, does the natural sign still apply with the octave up sign? The first natural sign (first blue square) means that all following E5's in that measure will be natural, so the fi...

Jul 31, 2014 · Other cultures (Persian music) have divided the octave into 53-tones, 24-tones (some forms of Indian music), and other divisions. One response to this is that the majority of non-Western …