2006-11-05 11:08:39 · 11 answers · asked by Myself. 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
i know nothing about pianos, so please say it in english.
2006-11-05 11:42:23 · update #1
From C to shining C.
2006-11-05 11:12:18 · answer #1 · answered by keepsondancing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In music, an octave is the interval between one musical note and another with half or double the frequency.For example, if one note has a frequency of 400 Hz, the note an octave above it is at 800 Hz, and the note an octave below is at 200 Hz.
After the unison, the octave is the simplest interval in music. The human ear tends to hear both notes as being essentially "the same". For this reason, notes an octave apart are given the same note name in the Western system of music notation—the name of a note an octave above A is also A. This is called octave equivalency, and is closely related to the concept of harmonics. This is similar to enharmonic equivalency, and less so transpositional equivalency and, less still, inversional equivalency, the latter two of which are generally used only in musical set theory or atonal theory.
2006-11-05 19:17:45 · answer #2 · answered by emily 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An octave on a piano consists of all the black and white keys, say from Middle C up to the next C on the keyborard - that is one octave.
2006-11-05 19:15:36 · answer #3 · answered by jammer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Musical notes are A B, C, D, E, F, G. An octave is note to note going up in height of pitch, eg. bottom A to top A - this is 8 keys on the piano.
2006-11-05 20:31:59 · answer #4 · answered by Lollipop 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A piano has about 3-5 octaves depending on size) an octave in a series of eight note in order from lowest to highest of that scale. so low E to high E is one octave and so on and so on
2006-11-05 19:15:41 · answer #5 · answered by Uchihaitachi345 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's like a low A to the next highest A. Or a low D to the next highest D. That applies to every note on the piano and any other musical instrument.
2006-11-05 19:12:42 · answer #6 · answered by just_the_girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply put, an octave is a set of eight keys, ranging from C to the next C note. (C is the first sound in Row, Row, Row your Boat song). The notes go: C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C. There you have it! (choose me best answer please!)
2006-11-06 17:31:57 · answer #7 · answered by Cameron K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ex) E to the next E is an octave.
A to the next A on the piano
Bflat to the next Bflat on the piano.
2006-11-05 19:12:37 · answer #8 · answered by Dweet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically an 8note jump, look for the key that looks exactly the same
2006-11-05 19:12:38 · answer #9 · answered by Lt. V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-05 19:13:25 · answer #10 · answered by jagthx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋