Perfect Octave

P8

interval

At a Glance

Formula:
8 perfect
Notes:
C, C

Piano

Fretboard

eBGDAE

What It Is

Twelve half steps - the same pitch class one register higher.

How It Functions

The most consonant interval after the unison; the boundary that pitch-class notation wraps around.

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