Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 14 compound words that contain octave. The most common are listed below. Open octave in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 14
- augmented octaveA musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of thirteen semitones and spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one semitone wider than a perfect octave and enharmonically equivalent to a minor …
- contra-octaveThe octave directly below the great octave.
- great octaveThe octave that begins on the C that is two ledger lines below the staff of the bass clef.
- octave speciesIn Ancient Greek music, a specific sequence of intervals within an octave.
- perfect octaveA musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of twelve semitones and spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale. It is enharmonically equivalent to an augmented seventh and is commonly referred to as an octave.
- pseudo-octaveAn interval whose frequency ratio is not 2:1 (that of the octave), but is perceived or treated as equivalent to this ratio, and whose pitches are considered equivalent to each other as with octave equivalency.
- diminished octaveA musical interval in Western music formed by narrowing an octave by a chromatic semitone. It is one chromatic semitone narrower than a perfect octave. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of eleven semitones, spanning eight …
- Octave of EasterThe eight-day period of holy days that begins with Easter Sunday (inclusive thereof).
- octave clefa symbol showing that the pitch of a note is to be raised by one or two octaves.
- Octave Day of EasterSynonym of Quasimodo (“the Sunday one week after Easter Sunday”).
- octave clefsplural of octave clef: a symbol showing that the pitch of a note is to be raised by one or two octaves.
- octave fluteA flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.
- octave flutesplural of octave flute: A flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.
- Octave Days of Easterplural of Octave Day of Easter: Synonym of Quasimodo (“the Sunday one week after Easter Sunday”).
Compound words 14
- octavateTo sound one octave higher or lower.
- octavationTransposition by an octave.
- octavalOf, pertaining to, or relating to an octave.
- superoctaveThe octave above another.
- interoctaveBetween octaves
- intraoctaveWithin an octave.
- millioctaveOne thousandth of an octave (musical interval).
- multioctaveOf or pertaining to more than one octave.
- octavingAn audio effect in which a signal is combined with another version of itself that is an octave higher or lower.
- sesquioctaveA ratio of 9 to 8, especially in music.