octaves
Eight-note musical spans
Octaves is the plural of octave, primarily a musical term for the interval between one note and another with half or double its frequency—the span of eight notes in a standard scale.
A singer's range might cover three octaves.
The term extends to any series of eight, including a group of eight lines in poetry.
Keyed percussion instrument
- keysLock-operating instruments
- spanDistance between endpoints
- reachExtend to touch
- fingeringNote-playing hand technique
glissando · doubling · parallel · bass · treble · register · coupling · manuals
Inborn behavioral nature
- PythagoreanOf ancient Greek mathematics
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- hertzFrequency measurement unit
- harmonicsFrequencies above the fundamental
overtones · resonance · vibration · pitch · cents · ratio · intonation · fundamental
Highest female voice range
- altoLower female voice
- tenorEssential meaning or import
- bassDeep pitch or fish
- baritoneMid-range male voice
mezzo-soprano · contralto · falsetto · range · register · passaggio · coloratura · tessitura
piano
Keyed percussion instrument
fingering · glissando · doubling · parallel · bass · treble · register · coupling · manuals · organ
temperament
Inborn behavioral nature
- PythagoreanOf ancient Greek mathematics
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- hertzFrequency measurement unit
harmonics · overtones · resonance · vibration · pitch · cents · ratio · intonation · fundamental · partials
soprano
Highest female voice range
baritone · mezzo-soprano · contralto · falsetto · range · register · passaggio · coloratura · tessitura · singing
scale
Measure of relative size
- semitoneMinimum Western musical interval
- fifthFive's place in sequence
- fourthOrdinal for position four
third · sixth · seventh · unison · span · leap · jump · skip · register · range
clef
Staff pitch indicator
transposition · score · marking · bracket
- digital pianokeys, pedals, sustain pedal, weighted keys, touch sensitivity
- harmonyharmony, chord, chords, triad, triads
- music basicsnotes, rests, beats, rhythm patterns, melody
- musical termsadagio, andante, allegro, lento, largo
- church calendarAdvent, Easter Sunday, Lent, Christmas, Pentecost
- keyboard playingpiano solo, finger technique, hand position, legato, staccato
octavesunisons
Identical pitch combinations
semitones · half steps · microtones · monotones · thirds