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How to pronounce musical octave in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms octave
Type of interval, musical interval

Examples of musical octave

musical octave
Phoebe Snow received wide acclaim for her self-titled album, which showed off her multi-octave range and musical versatility.
From the orlandosentinel.com
According to Newton, the distribution of white light in a spectrum of colors is analogous to the musical distribution of tones in an octave.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The ecclesiastical modes are ascending diatonic musical scales of eight notes or tones comprising an octave.
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But restricting the series to only black keys within, say, a two-octave range gives results that are definitely musical.
From the newscientist.com
I first heard Kit play Beethoven at the Academy at a time when his hands could barely stretch an octave, and though just 13 his musical wisdom seemed fully formed.
From the independent.co.uk
With Sills, a mistress of bel canto, each triplet, each double-octave run, each pianissimo high note was given musical and dramatic meaning.
From the time.com
The pitch differences between the models offered by the Ruckers workshops were by no means arbitrary, but corresponded to the musical intervals of a tone, a fourth, a fifth, an octave, and a ninth.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This was one of the earliest electric musical instrument using self vibrating electromagnetic circuits that were single-note oscillators operated by a two-octave piano keyboard.
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