2/1

The interval between a pitch and the pitch whose frequency ratio is double (2x) the original.

This interval is traditionally called an octave irrespective of how many notes intervene between the given note and the 2/1.

See also octave.

[from John Chalmers, Divisions of the Tetrachord]

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