octave

octave

Écart entre deux notes dont l’une a une fréquence sonore double de l’autre.

En anglais simple : The distance between two musical notes when one has twice the sound frequency of the other.

• Sing that note an octave higher.
• Her voice dropped an octave when she spoke.
• The melody covers two octaves.

Expressions courantes : an octave higher, an octave lower, span an octave

octave supérieure

Note dont la fréquence sonore est deux fois celle d’une note plus grave donnée.

En anglais simple : A musical note with twice the sound frequency of a particular lower note.

• The tenor sang the octave.
• She played a low C, then its octave.
• The upper octave sounds clearer on this instrument.

Comment l'utiliser : the octave of a note (The flute plays the octave of the bass note.)

Expressions courantes : the upper octave, sing the octave, double the octave

accouplement à l'octave

Commande d’orgue qui ajoute une note une octave au-dessus de celle de la touche enfoncée.

En anglais simple : An organ control that adds a note twice as high as the note of the key pressed.

• The organist engaged the octave.
• Using the octave added brightness to the passage.
• The technician repaired the organ's octave before the concert.

Synonymes : octave coupler

Contraires : sub-octave

Expressions courantes : engage the octave, octave coupler, the organ's octave

octave

Petit fût de vin contenant un huitième du volume d’un grand fût appelé pipe.

En anglais simple : A small barrel for wine, holding one eighth of the amount in a large barrel called a pipe.

• They rolled an octave into the cellar.
• The merchant ordered an octave of wine.
• Each octave held one eighth as much as a pipe.

Expressions courantes : an octave of wine, an oak octave, fill an octave