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Definition of octaves

octaves
Hidden Hid"den, p. p. & a. from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious. Hidden fifths or octaves (Mus.), consecutive fifths or octaves, not sounded, but suggested or implied in the parallel motion of two parts towards a fifth or an octave. Syn: Hidden, Secret, Covert. Usage: Hidden may denote either known to on one; as, a hidden disease; or intentionally concealed; as, a hidden purpose of revenge. Secret denotes that the thing is known only to the party or parties concerned; as, a secret conspiracy. Covert literally denotes what is not open or avowed; as, a covert plan; but is often applied to what we mean shall be understood, without openly expressing it; as, a covert allusion. Secret is opposed to known, and hidden to revealed. Bring to light the hidden things of darkness. --1 Cor. iv. 5. My heart, which by a secret harmony Still moves with thine, joined in connection sweet. --Milton. By what best way, Whether of open war, or covert guile, We now debate. --Milton.
Octave
Octave Oc"tave, n. [F., fr. L. octava an eighth, fr. octavus eighth, fr. octo eight. See Eight, and cf. Octavo, Utas.] 1. The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival. ``The octaves of Easter.' --Jer. Taylor. 2. (Mus.) (a) 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. (b) The whole diatonic scale itself. Note: The ratio of a musical tone to its octave above is 1:2 as regards the number of vibrations producing the tones. 3. (Poet.) The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines. With mournful melody it continued this octave. --Sir P. Sidney. Double octave. (Mus.) See under Double. Octave flute (Mus.), a small flute, the tones of which range an octave higher than those of the German or ordinary flute; -- called also piccolo. See Piccolo. 4. A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.
Octave
Octave Oc"tave, a. Consisting of eight; eight. --Dryden.

Meaning of octaves from wikipedia

- The number of octaves between two frequencies is given by the formula: Number of octaves=log2⁡(f2f1){\displaystyle {\text{Number of octaves}}=\log _{2}\left({\frac...
- Roman Rite, Easter is one of two solemnities with octaves, the other is Christmas. The days of the octave are given the second-highest rank in the calendar...
- three-and-a-half octaves, with the exact range depending on the number of frets on the individual instrument: from about one and one-third octaves below middle...
- expressed in octaves is the base-2 logarithm (binary logarithm) of the ratio: number of octaves=log2⁡(f2f1){\displaystyle {\text{number of octaves}}=\log _{2}\left({\frac...
- In music, a blind octave is the alternate doubling above and below a successive scale or trill notes: "the p****age being pla****...alternately in the higher...
- the chords harmonizing an octave may be that by Antonio Bruschi in 1711. The name (règle des octaves, "rule of the octaves") was first given by François...
- Order Octave of Easter Octave of Pentecost Privileged Octaves of the Second Order Octave of Epiphany Octave of Corpus Christi Privileged Octaves of the...
- An octave is a verse form consisting of eight lines of iambic pentameter (in English) or of hendecasyllables (in Italian). The most common rhyme scheme...
- sharpen only whole octaves slightly, rather than separately modifying all intervals that reach individual pitches in the upper octaves (see stretched tuning)...
- The seventh octave in scientific pitch notation is the highest octave of an 88-key piano. Using middle C (C4) as a guide, the next higher C is C5 or tenor...