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What is an octave? - Music: Practice Theory Stack Exchange An octave is simply an interval created by the use of the factor 2 instead - e g if we started with our 100Hz note again, and we wanted to go up an octave, we would double the frequency, taking us to 200Hz If we wanted to go down an octave, we'd halve it, taking us to 50Hz Why is this factor of 2 so special?
Why are there twelve notes in an octave? - Music: Practice Theory . . . It makes me wonder if the 12-semitone octave sounded good before the advent of "music as we know it" or if it is something of an acquired taste, in which case alternative breakdowns of the octave could be adapted to, like in the case of western vs indian vs east asian music
tuning - Was the term octave coined after the development of early . . . Was the term “octave” coined after the development of early music theory? No As shown below, it was already in use by the 11th century to denote the musical interval (although the principal name for the interval at that time seems still to have been diapason) What system was in use in medieval Europe when the term octave arose, and what did the term octave refer to? I'm a little hazy on
Is 16va proper notation? - Music: Practice Theory Stack Exchange The basis of both the frequency and the cents measurement is a 2:1 octave relationship Because pitch measurement systems (linear and logarithmic) are derived from the octave as 2:1, a double octave represented as 16va (16:8 = 2:1) is a notation evolution surpassing music theory symbols based on an outdated, extended modal scale series, like 15ma
Ottava markings - Should this 8va be 8vb? - Music: Practice Theory . . . 8va is an abbreviation for "ottava" ("octave" in Italian) and is commonly used both for higher and lower octave shifts The key difference is the placement of the dashed line: aligned to the top for "octave higher" and aligned to the bottom for "octave lower" 8vb is also sometimes used to indicate an octave lower