authfriend wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozg...@...> wrote: > >> authfriend wrote: >> > <snip> > >>> It's odd because the notes of an octave are the *same >>> note*, just at a higher frequency (I think that's the >>> term). I don't know the physics of it, but he should >>> be able to tell that middle C and C above middle C are >>> the same in a way that middle C and the B above middle >>> C, say, are not. >>> >>> I'm not sure what *makes* them the same...anybody know? >>> >> The same note but double the frequency. A 440 an octave >> higher is A880. >> > > That's what makes them different. What makes them the > same, though? >
Remember he's a musician and being loose with his terms. He's saying a C note is a C note regardless of what octave it is. ;-)
