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octave
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octave as in:  has a four-octave range

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  • 'Someone's dead,' said Malfoy and his voice seemed to go up an octave as he said it.†  (source)
  • All this stuff"—her voice mockingly rose an octave—" 'Mary Carson made him do it.†  (source)
  • Peabody's voice rose slightly in octave.†  (source)
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  • The laps were an attachment to rigorous work, the interval that completes the octave.†  (source)
  • Dell found his voice rising two octaves.†  (source)
  • But then the barking moved up an octave and turned into yapping.†  (source)
  • My feet shuffled and my voice lowered a few octaves.†  (source)
  • Then she brightened again, rising an octave.†  (source)
  • Dede Antanas is asleep, and so are the Szedvilases, husband and wife, the former snoring in octaves.†  (source)
  • Daddy's blood fills the couch and drips on the floor ... Ms. Rogak's voice pitched up an octave.†  (source)
  • My voice had risen its usual uncontrolled octaves, becoming an epicene mezzo-soprano.†  (source)
  • "A man named Seth Hubbard," Stillman said, an octave higher but still not loud enough to draw the attention of anyone in the office of the Ford County Chancery Clerk.†  (source)
  • This seemed to increase their laughter by several octaves.†  (source)
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