ottava

Translation of ottava – Italian–English dictionary octave [noun] in music, a series or range of eight notes. octet [noun] a group of eight musicians, eight lines in a poem etc. (Translation of ottava from the PASSWORD Italian–English Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Western music consists of 12 identifiable pitches, and those pitches repeat in the same order throughout the complete span of human hearing. If we select a note - say, Bb for instance - we say that the next Bb is “an octave away.”

The word "octave" comes from a Latin root meaning "eight". It seems an odd name for a frequency that is two times, not eight times, higher. The octave was named by musicians who were more interested in how octaves are divided into scales, than in how their frequencies are related.

Octave comes from the Latin root “octo,” meaning eight. An octave represents the interval from one musical pitch or note to another. It is the distance from one note to the next note of the same name. It takes eight white keys to get to the next latter-named note, hence why we call it an octave.

The city name Ottawa was chosen in 1855 as a reference to the Ottawa River, the name of which is derived from the Algonquin adawe, meaning 'to trade'.

Originally an Italian stanza of eight 11-syllable lines, with a rhyme scheme of ABABABCC. Sir Thomas Wyatt introduced the form in English, and Lord Byron adapted it to a 10-syllable line for his mock-epic Don Juan.

An octave is a series of eight notes in a musical scale. It is also used to talk about the difference in pitch between the first and last notes in a musical scale.

octave, in music, an interval whose higher note has a sound-wave frequency of vibration twice that of its lower note. Thus the international standard pitch A above middle C vibrates at 440 hertz (cycles per second); the octave above this A vibrates at 880 hertz, while the octave below it vibrates at 220 hertz.

If. You count the letters in between like a 2a a-b-c-d-e-f-g a that's 8 notes and the word octaves comes from the Latin word for 8. You might notice that these notes sound very similar in a way.

eight notes An octave is a series of eight notes in a musical scale. It is also used to talk about the difference in pitch between the first and last notes in a musical scale.

An octave is a series of eight notes in a musical scale. It is also used to talk about the difference in pitch between the first and last notes in a musical scale.

To indicate that a note, section, phrase or part of the music is to be played one octave higher than written, we write 8va above the music. To indicate that a note, section, phrase or part of the music is to be played one octave lower than written, we write 8va OR 8vb below the music.