octava

Octave,(6k-ta'-va) Lat. n. 1. A piccolo. 2. An organ stop whose pipes prooctava acuta (6k-ta'-va a-ku'-ta) Lat. duce tones an octave above the nor- The notes in the interval of an ocmal pitch of the keys used. See also tave raised by transposition. stop. definition 6 under octave, and octave oct ava alt a (6k-ta'-va al'-ta) Lat. octave, great Play the pa age an octave higher. Generally designated by 8va. See great octave. 383 364 octave hautboy octavina octave hautboy small letters with three lines above them. An organ stop whose pipes produce tones like a hautboy, or oboe, and octave staff midn which comwhosedle C. lowest tone is C below bines three of A system setsnotatio of lines, each of octave, large which contains just one octave of or- The octave beginning on the second dinary vocal music, from low G in the C below middle C. ba to high G in the treble, and when octave, large, once-marked a higher range is required lines are added with the notes, as in ordinary The second octave, or the one be notation. This system shows at once ginning on the third C below middle the exact interval between any two C. The notes are represented by capital letters with fi f* notes. It is not nece ary to refer to ^ or M* the clef and signature to determine a single line below, octave, large, twice-marked the note, for sharps and flats are en- The first octave, or the one begintirely dispensed with. Mr. Adams, of ning on the fourth C below middle C. New Jersey, originated the octave staff. The notes are represented by capital octave-stop letters having /*• r% 1. An organ stop whose pipes prolines below, ^ 365 octavine officium vespertinum octavine (6k-ta-ven') Fr. n. Odische Musik (o'-dish-e moo-zek') See ottavina. Ger. Literally, music of an ode, hence octavo attachment (6k-ta'-vo) music to be sung. A pedal which couples the keys in Odoistic notation such a way that when it is depre ed and a key is struck it also produces A system of lettering notes, instithe tone an octave higher, tuted by Odo of Cluny, who died in 942, which appears to have changed octett (ok'-tet) It. n. the letter pitch meanings so as to octet to (6k-tet'-to) It. n. cause that which had previously been A composition for eight voices or named A to be called C, thus altering instruments. all the letter pitch meanings three