All 3 Uses
octave
in
Black: The Birth of Evil
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- 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
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)