octave Synonyms
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octave Meaning
octave (n)
a feast day and the seven days following it
a musical interval of eight tones
a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse
octave (n.)
The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.
The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones.
The whole diatonic scale itself.
The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.
A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.
octave (a.)
Consisting of eight; eight.
octave Sentence Examples
- The piano's lowest octave resonated through the grand hall.
- The vocalist's voice spanned two octaves, effortlessly transitioning from soprano to alto.
- The church bell's deep octave reverberated across the town.
- The symphony orchestra's strings played a mournful melody in the lowest octave.
- The guitar solo featured a soaring and intricate octave leap.
- The composer arranged the melody in a higher octave to increase its brilliance.
- The choir sang the hymn in unison, their voices harmonizing in parallel octaves.
- The bassist plucked the lowest string, creating a rumbling octave that shook the stage.
- The synthesizer's arpeggiator generated a hypnotic pattern of ascending octaves.
- The tuba's vast resonance filled the concert hall with the sound of low, rumbling octaves.
FAQs About the word octave
a feast day and the seven days following it, a musical interval of eight tones, a rhythmic group of eight lines of verseThe eighth day after a church festival,
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The piano's lowest octave resonated through the grand hall.
The vocalist's voice spanned two octaves, effortlessly transitioning from soprano to alto.
The church bell's deep octave reverberated across the town.
The symphony orchestra's strings played a mournful melody in the lowest octave.
