All 3 Uses of
octave
in
Black: The Birth of Evil
- The tones rose through the octave, higher and higher until Tom thought the room might melt at his song.†
Chpt 10 *
- The rumbling tone shot up an octave, rose to a forte, and began etching a melody in Tom's skull.†
Chpt 22
- The tune rose through the octave, piercing the still air with full-bodied chords.†
Chpt 36
Definition:
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