Originally posted by DollarBill:
Ben,
musical example of octaves:
Paul McCartney, Wings "Let'em In". The alternating bass notes on the piano are an octave apart.
I can be so dense some times...
A great example of an octive in music is "somewhere over the rainbow". The jump in pitch (refered to in music as an interval) between the Some and the where -in "Some-where" is a musical octive.
Geze...I can go into heavy techincal descriptions but first year ear training I forget.
Jason