The Only Use of
octave
in
The Great Gatsby
- She turned to me, and her voice, dropping an octave lower, filled the room with thrilling scorn: "Do you know why we left Chicago?†
p. 131..9
Definition:
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(octave as in: has a four-octave range) an interval of tones with the pitch at the high end being twice that at the low end -- 8 notes on the familiar diatonic scale