Octavating
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Octavating is an adjective meaning (music) Transposed by an octave.
Meaning
(music) Transposed by an octave.
Example Sentences
Ob 1 = flute 1 (= octavating violin 1)
In the expanded Gamut with its octavating hexachords, all C’s, D’s, G’s, and A’s could be allotted three voces.
The octavating treble clef has been used for the tenor part, indicating that it should be sung an octave lower than written.
The idea underlying this section is ‘the exploitation of non-octavating pitch-sieves (scales) and their cyclic transpositions.’
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include octavated, octaval, octatonic, inverted, double, octadic.
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