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German to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Music / Historical organ-playing
German term or phrase:oktaviert
"Er begann mit drei oktavierten Rufen, ließ einen verminderten Septakkord folgen und jagte dann mit parallel geführten Händen schnelle, virtuose Figuren über die Manuale."
Notes transposed down an octave (?). Can anybody help? It would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance.
In the book, this line seems to refer to Bach playing part of a Toccata by Pachelbel for Böhm. Edit: Nevermind, it is Bach composing his toccata. I was confused by the narrative style. Anyhow, this doesn't read like a deep music analysis.
May I politely suggest that you think again, possibly with the help of a music theory textbook? Also, check a dictionary for the difference between ascending and descending.
Perhaps take a listen to this version. The opening bars are repeated while descending through three octaves as you can see in the notes displayed in the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RDkHP4PWIo
Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Good morning Erik
07:35 Apr 3, 2019
Well done! They are single notes, and only the first and third are octaves of one another, ascending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahpl8sw62xE And that is how I would translate it: He announced the piece with three notes, two of them octaves, following with a seventh chord (it is NOT diminished!)...
Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Good morning Erik
07:35 Apr 3, 2019
Well done! They are single notes, and only the first and third are octaves of one another, ascending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahpl8sw62xE And that is how I would translate it: He announced the piece with three notes, two of them octaves, following with a seventh chord (it is NOT diminished!)...
Together with the additional context that this is about a toccata composed and played by young J.S. Bach (see https://bit.ly/2K007vC), the allusion to BWV 565 (albeit in an early stage of composition) is inevitably evident, at least to any Bach connoisseur.
"In octaves" it is, as in "both hands in octaves". If the less likely, but possible interpretation of a figure repeated in different octaves is preferred, it's descending, not ascending.
There is no specific reference here to a particular piece. Unfortunately. So I don't know whether it's ascending or descending, higher or lower.
Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
To be absolutely clear
16:41 Apr 2, 2019
Three calls/single chords, each an octave of the preceeding...
Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Not transposed
07:22 Apr 2, 2019
The octaves follow one another, first tone C on the lower register, second tone C on the mid-register, third tone C on the upper register. Nothing is transposed here as the key remains the same. It would help to know if each octave was higher or lower than the previous, then you could:
Three calls, three octaves opened the concert? the piece?
As I understand it, oktavieren means transpose up or down by an octave. Could it be three notes, an octave apart? I'm not sure exactly what Ruf means (loud, ringing note?).
He began with three notes transposed down an octave, followed by a diminished seventh chord, then chased fast, virtuoso musical figures across the keyboards with parallel hands.
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octavated
Explanation: aber auch für Bläser (Mittelstimmen im Alt- und (oktavierten) Violinschlüssel). ... by viols or by wind instruments (middle parts in alto and (octavated) violin clef).
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I think literal will do here but not much of a music expert either...
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octavated definition: Adjective (not comparable) 1. (music, rare, of an instrument) Altered to sound a pitch one octave lower than its usual range.
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octavate (third-person singular simple present octavates, present participle octavating, simple past and past participle octavated)
(music) To sound one octave higher or lower. (intransitive, of an instrument) To resonate or sound one octave higher or lower.
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