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2024
pseudo-octave
pseudo-octave
English
Noun
pseudo-octave
(
plural
pseudo-octaves
)
(
music
)
An
interval
whose
frequency
ratio
is not 2:1 (that of the
octave
), but is perceived or treated as
equivalent
to this ratio, and whose pitches are considered equivalent to each other as with octave equivalency.
Etymology
pseudo-
+
octave
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