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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Octave
		The practice of having octaves for the feasts of the saints does not seem to be older than the eighth century, and even then it was peculiar to the Latins.
		The capitularies of Charlemagne speak of the octaves of Christmas, the Epiphany, and Easter.
		Amalarius, after mentioning the four octaves of Christmas, the Epiphany, Easter, and Pentecost, tells us that it was customary in his time to celebrate the octaves of the feasts of Sts.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11204a.htm (1189 words)

	ORB -- Medieval Music Glossary
		During the period before 1200, the fourth, fifth and octave were consonant, while thirds and sixths as well as seconds and sevenths were dissonant and had to be handled carefully.
		The octave is the eighth note counting by step up a diatonic scale and in modern notation would be called by the same letter name as the starting pitch.
		Medieval listeners, however, did not consider octaves to be equivalent, so, for instance, a cadence on the upper octave could not be substituted for a lower note.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /~cyrus/ORB/orbgloss.htm (6352 words)

	Guitar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rather than having only six strings, the 12-string guitar has pairs, like a mandolin.
		Each pair of strings is tuned either in unison (the two highest) or an octave apart (the others).
		They are made both in acoustic and electric forms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guitar (6943 words)

	The Jew's Harp
		Every instrument, as well as producing the fundamental tone is also able to distinctly produce the third, fifth, seventh, octave, ninth and tenth harmonic, with larger instruments, the twelfth, and some, the fifteenth and seventeenth.
		According to Anthony Baines in The Oxford Companion to Musical Instruments, “The acoustics of the action have been much debated.
		Speech sounds can be additionally used to alter timber, with more advanced playing techniques utilized around the globe involving special tonguings to produce staccato and trill effects, and strong and weak breathing to alter timbre.
	www.users.bigpond.com /apertout/Jew%27sHarp.htm (3280 words)

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