octave

Example Sentences

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It can elegantly vault octaves, scoop notes without a croaky glottal fry and crack words into multi-note, velvety yodels.

From Los Angeles Times

Your voice goes up an octave or you start to walk differently.

From Los Angeles Times

However, in one research project, astronomer Mark Whittle compressed the first million years of the universe into 10 seconds, shifted up by 50 octaves so that the human ear could hear.

From Salon

Ferran, whose theatrical octave range is nothing short of astonishing, earns the sentiment in a way that I wasn’t sure was possible at this stage of the play’s existence.

From Los Angeles Times

Now that she had it, she had to learn to play the guitar and sing … in a voice a few octaves higher than her usual.

From Los Angeles Times