For example, if you're playing middle C, would it be playing the next C?
I'm a beginning piano student and I just need a quick explanation. Thanks.
2006-09-28 17:26:13 · 5 answers · asked by blank 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
Thank you everyone. :)
2006-09-28 17:29:44 · update #1
You simply move eight keys higher to the next "C". All of the notes will be the same, just one octave higher.
2006-09-28 17:27:59 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Curious 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Everybody has given the simple answer so far, so I'll give you the complicated one.
A musical note (a pitch) is really a sound wave wherein the air is vibrating at a specific frequency. Frequency is measured in hertz (Hz) or cycles per second. The standard orchestral tuning note is A 440 Hz (the sound wave vibrates at 440 cycles per second).
The name octave comes from the fact that an octave is the eighth note in a major scale, a repetition of the first pitch but higher. But what really makes an octave is the relationship between the two frequencies. It is always a 2:1 ratio. The tone an octave higher has twice the frequency. For instance, the A an octave above A 440 would have a frequency of 880, and the A an octave above that would be 1760.
2006-09-28 19:56:37 · answer #2 · answered by Lance B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An octave is 8 notes higher, for example middle C in piano is one octave, higher would be the next C to the right.
2006-09-28 17:28:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, you are correct. an octave is the same note but either higher or lower.
2006-09-28 17:36:20 · answer #4 · answered by Daniel B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are correct , an octzve higher would be c to c , d to d , e to e , etc
2006-09-28 17:28:56 · answer #5 · answered by DEADGONE 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, you are correct.
2006-09-28 17:33:20 · answer #6 · answered by Jay S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋