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Nineteenth :: Nineteenth (n.) An interval of two octaves and a fifth.

Suboctuple :: Suboctave (a.) Alt. of Suboctupl.

Equisonance :: Equisonance (n.) An equal sounding; the consonance of the unison and its octaves.

Polychord :: Polychord (n.) An apparatus for coupling two octave notes, capable of being attached to a keyed instrument..

Diapason :: Diapason (n.) Concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony..

Univocal :: Univocal (a.) Having unison of sound, as the octave in music. See Unison, n., 2..

Diapason :: Diapason (n.) The octave, or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale..

Contrafagetto :: Contrafagetto (n.) The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon..

Archilute :: Archilute (n.) A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison..

Piccolo :: Piccolo (n.) A small, shrill flute, the pitch of which is an octave higher than the ordinary flute; an octave flute..

Authentic :: Authentic (n.) Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic..

Diatonic :: Diatonic (a.) Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which is the octave of the first..

Overblow :: Overblow (v. i.) To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing..

Octave :: Octave (a.) Consisting of eight; eight.

Tridiapason :: Tridiapason (n.) A triple octave, or twenty-second..

Thirteenth :: Thirteenth (n.) The interval comprising an octave and a sixth.

Tone :: Tone (n.) A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones..

Octave :: Octave (n.) A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe..

Sixteenth :: Sixteenth (n.) An interval comprising two octaves and a second.

Ninth :: Ninth (n.) An interval containing an octave and a second.

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