perfect octave

English

Noun

perfect octave (plural perfect octaves)

  1. (music) A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of twelve semitones and spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale. It is enharmonically equivalent to an augmented seventh and is commonly referred to as an octave.
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