octave
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The primary theme repeats a climbing four-note figure three times before a sudden plunge of a full octave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Saar yelps in an elevated octave before slipping them on … And not two seconds later kicking them off.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
It became a defining song for the genre, marrying Thomas's gospel-trained, four octave vocals to a pulsing electronic beat.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024
So if there’s 13 notes to the octave, a minor ninth or 13 semitones sounds like an octave when you play it on the keyboard.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
She finishes in a voice half an octave too high, and I know this means Rose must be returning from the bathroom.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Ms. O’Hara, best known for her crystalline singing in musical revivals, proves to have a similarly wide range of octaves when it comes to physical comedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
For what it’s worth, though, they did find that the waves corresponded to the note of B-flat, about 57 octaves below the middle C note on a piano.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025
Callas could sing three octaves, but the film is mostly one note.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
This excitation triggers the generation of harmonic electronic states that give rise to single photons -- similar to how musical harmonics produce notes across multiple octaves.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024
She held her breath as its octaves rose, the tune climbing higher and higher until it reached an impossible crescendo.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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