Unison vs. Octave
Unisonnoun
Identical pitch between two notes or sounds; the simultaneous playing of notes of identical pitch (or separated by one or more octaves).
Unisonnoun
A sound or note having the same pitch as another, especially when used as the base note for an interval; a unison string.
Unisonnoun
The state of being in harmony or agreement; harmonious agreement or togetherness, synchronisation.
Unisonnoun
Harmony; agreement; concord; union.
Unisonnoun
Identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds proceeding from an equality in the number of vibrations made in a given time by two or more sonorous bodies. Parts played or sung in octaves are also said to be in unison, or in octaves.
Unisonnoun
A single, unvaried.
Unisonadjective
Sounding alone.
Unisonadjective
Sounded alike in pitch; unisonant; unisonous; as, unison passages, in which two or more parts unite in coincident sound.
Unisonnoun
corresponding exactly;
Unisonnoun
occurring together or simultaneously;
Unisonnoun
(music) two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in octaves;
Unison
In music, unison is two or more musical parts that sound either the same pitch or pitches separated by intervals of one or more octaves, usually at the same time. Rhythmic unison is another term for homorhythm.
Octavenoun
(music) An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.
Octavenoun
(music) The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch.
Octavenoun
(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)
Octavenoun
(poetry) A poetic stanza consisting of eight lines; usually used as one part of a sonnet.
Octavenoun
(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.
Octavenoun
(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.
Octavenoun
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.
