octave
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Mandoloncello
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a large mandolin, tuned an octave below a mandolin, also known as an octave mandolin
Octave displacement
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a melody with notes played in differing octave registers
Seventh
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a major seventh is a semitone smaller than an octave; a minor seventh is a whole tone smaller than an octave
Diapason normal
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French
standard pitch
Decima
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Latin
interval covering ten degrees of the scale; octave and a third
Course
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pair or more of strings tuned to the same note or an octave apart
Contra
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a prefix indicating that the pitch of an instrument is usually one octave lower
Compound harmony
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standard chord with an added octave in the bass