octaves in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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octaves in the PONS Dictionary

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octaves Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to play sth an octave higher [or lower]
jouer qc à l'octave
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The octaves and large chords contribute to the heavy sonority. 4.
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Strings are grouped in courses, each course consisting of a single or doubled string, tuned in unison or octaves.
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Further, octave intervals are stretched to be slightly more than double the hertz to achieve a similar shimmer at octaves.
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They each sound a different note along a range of four and a half octaves, forming a massive percussive, acoustic, mechanical and manual keyboard instrument.
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Except for unisons and octaves, the diatonic intervals with a given interval number always occur in two sizes, which differ by one semitone.
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It consists of a continuous stream of sixteenth notes duplicated two octaves apart.
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The finale contains a whirlwind of unremitting parallel octaves, with unvarying tempo and dynamics, and not a single rest or chord until the final bars.
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From a deep rumble to a high wail, she covered five octaves wonderfully, as the power of the tune built.
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Both the fantasy and sonata are linked by a focus on the bass register and octaves in the bass clef.
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The garklein sounds two octaves above the written pitch; the sopranino and descant (soprano) sound one octave above written pitch.
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