Interval · 12 half steps
Octave
A octave is 12 half steps. From C, a octave up is C.
- Half steps
- 12
- Short name
- P8
- Guitar frets
- 12
How it sounds
The same note, twice as high. The two notes blend so well that together they can sound like one.
Songs to remember it by
Hum the start of Somewhere Over the Rainbow or Singin’ in the Rain. The jump between the first two notes is a octave. Reference songs get you started; after a while you will hear the interval itself.
On the guitar
Two strings higher, 2 frets up, or 12 frets up on the same string. With the lower note on the low E or A string in standard tuning; shapes that cross from the G string to the B string move up one fret.
A octave up from every note
| From | Up a octave | Hear it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C | |
| D♭ | D♭ | |
| D | D | |
| E♭ | E♭ | |
| E | E | |
| F | F | |
| F♯ | F♯ | |
| G | G | |
| A♭ | A♭ | |
| A | A | |
| B♭ | B♭ | |
| B | B |
This interval is one of the answers in the game’s “How far apart?” round.