octave
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The Hammond B3 swells on the verse’s first pass, sticking close to the song’s melody, but on the second, it jumps an octave in an improvisation that nearly scorches the ear.
From Salon ● May 15, 2026
Some things about Joni’s musicianship have deteriorated: She doesn’t play much guitar anymore, and her voice is an octave lower than it was.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2025
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
What if that same octave were equally divided into 14 tones, or 16?
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
The main weakness of the Pythagorean system is that a series of pure perfect fifths will never take you to a note that is a pure octave above the note you started on.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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
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 ● Jun. 3, 2025
“Callas could sing three octaves, but the film is mostly one note,” Times film critic Amy Nicholson wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 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
Dimple’s voice was two octaves higher than usual when she finished, so Rishi knew whatever she said must be a big deal.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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