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Understanding 8va And 8vb In Music

What are Octaves?

This video will help!. Essentially, Octaves are the idea of a same note being 12 semitones higher.

What’s a semi-tone?

A semi-tone is a half step. So a half step from A is A#, and a half-step from G is G#, etc.

Likewise, a whole-tone is a whole step. So a whole step from A is B, and a whole-step from G is A, etc.

Let’s look at a piano:

Notice how there are a bunch of notes – but actually, there are only 12! what happens is that the notes are repeated over and over again. As a result, there are a total of 6 octaves on this piano!

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By WaltRibeiro on Mar - 9 - 2009 -- Categories: Blogroll, Sightreading, Theory    
  • Joan Aasboe

    Walt,
    What are the three slanted lines (like underlines without notes above) between a couple of notes. Does it mean to play the notes between the 3 lines quickly? Thanks for your help. Joan

  • Joan Aasboe

    Walt,
    What are the three slanted lines (like underlines without notes above) between a couple of notes. Does it mean to play the notes between the 3 lines quickly? Thanks for your help. Joan

  • Joan Aasboe

    Walt,
    What are the three slanted lines (like underlines without notes above) between a couple of notes. Does it mean to play the notes between the 3 lines quickly? Thanks for your help. Joan

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  • Dave

    dude. perfect explanation.. thank you very much! i bookmarked your main site. thanks!

  • Dave

    dude. perfect explanation.. thank you very much! i bookmarked your main site. thanks!

  • Dave

    dude. perfect explanation.. thank you very much! i bookmarked your main site. thanks!

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