Octave vs. Sestet
Octavenoun
(music) An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.
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(music) The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch.
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(music) A coupler on an organ which allows the organist to sound the note an octave above the note of the key pressed (cf sub-octave)
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(poetry) A poetic stanza consisting of eight lines; usually used as one part of a sonnet.
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(fencing) The eighth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword out straight at knee level.
Octavenoun
(Christianity) The day that is one week after a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.
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(Christianity) An eight-day period beginning on a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.
Octavenoun
A small cask of wine, one eighth of a pipe.
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An octonion.
Octavenoun
(signal processing) Any of a number of coherent-noise functions of differing frequency that are added together to form Perlin noise.
Octavenoun
(astrology) The subjective vibration of a planet.
Octaveadjective
(obsolete) Consisting of eight; eight in number.
Octavenoun
The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival.
Octavenoun
The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones.
Octavenoun
The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines.
Octavenoun
A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe.
Octaveadjective
Consisting of eight; eight.
Octavenoun
a feast day and the seven days following it
Octavenoun
a musical interval of eight tones
Octavenoun
a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse
Octave
In music, an octave (Latin: octavus: eighth) or perfect octave (sometimes called the diapason) is the interval between one musical pitch and another with double its frequency. The octave relationship is a natural phenomenon that has been referred to as the the use of which is The interval between the first and second harmonics of the harmonic series is an octave.
Sestetnoun
(music) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor.
Sestetnoun
(poetry) The last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas of three lines each.
Sestetnoun
A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; - called also sestuor.
Sestetnoun
The last six lines of a sonnet.
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the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
Sestetnoun
six performers or singers who perform together
Sestetnoun
a set of six similar things considered as a unit
Sestetnoun
a musical composition written for six performers
Sestetnoun
a rhythmic group of six lines of verse
Sestet
A sestet is six lines of poetry forming a stanza or complete poem. A sestet is also the name given to the second division of an Italian sonnet (as opposed to an English or Spenserian Sonnet), which must consist of an octave, of eight lines, succeeded by a sestet, of six lines.
