Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
broken octave
German translation:
gebrochene Oktave
Added to glossary by
bvogt
Jan 10, 2004 18:20
20 yrs ago
English term
broken octave
English to German
Art/Literary
Music
music
Text zu einer Mozart-Sonate:
"This is followed by an even more impressive section of pianistic fireworks, featuring Mozart's trademark broken octave.
"This is followed by an even more impressive section of pianistic fireworks, featuring Mozart's trademark broken octave.
Proposed translations
(German)
| 5 | gebrochene Oktave |
Chris Rowson (X)
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| 4 +6 | gebrochene Oktave |
Jarema
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Proposed translations
3 hrs
Selected
gebrochene Oktave
My answer is the same as the one above, but my explanation is quite different. A broken octave is similar to when a pianist plays an octave - for example, a bass D and a tenor D played at the same time. But in the broken octave they are played one after the other. My reference shows an example taken from a Mozart piece. The broken octaves start in bar 9, after the repeat sign.
The explanation above refers to a completely different phenomenon, which is concerned with the construction of keyboard instruments in which the lowest octave is not complete, often in order to get lower notes into the keyboard without making it wider. Jarema´s note gives an example where the compass of an instrument is defined as CDE-d´´´. This means that the instrument has a keyboard ranging from a low C to a high D, but that at the bottom only C, D, and E are present, with C# and D# not being present.
The explanation above refers to a completely different phenomenon, which is concerned with the construction of keyboard instruments in which the lowest octave is not complete, often in order to get lower notes into the keyboard without making it wider. Jarema´s note gives an example where the compass of an instrument is defined as CDE-d´´´. This means that the instrument has a keyboard ranging from a low C to a high D, but that at the bottom only C, D, and E are present, with C# and D# not being present.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you very much - in this context, your explanation is indeed much more plausible!
Bettina
"
+6
3 mins
gebrochene Oktave
Computergestuetzte Orgeldokumentation
... in den Feldern 34 bis 37 (zB Cg 3 ). Besonderheiten werden in den Feldern 38 und
39 vermerkt: f = ab F, k = kurze Oktave, g = gebrochene Oktave, c = fehlendes ...
aedv.cs.tu-berlin.de/projects/orda/arsorgani.html - 55k - Im Cache - Ähnliche Seiten
Kopp Orgelbau_Truhenorgeln
... Truhenorgel mit lose angehängtem Pedal, Subsemitonien. Gebrochene Oktave im
Manual und verkürzte Oktave im Pedal. Pfeifenaufstellung in Terzteilung. ...
www.kopp-orgelbau.de/htm/contact.html - 9k - Im Cache - Ähnliche Seiten
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-01-10 18:25:13 GMT)
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Bremen Walle Disposition /Specification
... Kurze, gebrochene Oktave / short broken octave CDE-d\'\'\' mit Subsemitonien (geteilte
Obertasten)/ with split keys eb/d#, eb\'/d#\', eb\'\'/d#\'\', g#/ab, g#\'/ab\'. ...
www.goart.gu.se/ortgies/Walle-Disposition.html - 8k - Im Cache - Ähnliche Seiten
... in den Feldern 34 bis 37 (zB Cg 3 ). Besonderheiten werden in den Feldern 38 und
39 vermerkt: f = ab F, k = kurze Oktave, g = gebrochene Oktave, c = fehlendes ...
aedv.cs.tu-berlin.de/projects/orda/arsorgani.html - 55k - Im Cache - Ähnliche Seiten
Kopp Orgelbau_Truhenorgeln
... Truhenorgel mit lose angehängtem Pedal, Subsemitonien. Gebrochene Oktave im
Manual und verkürzte Oktave im Pedal. Pfeifenaufstellung in Terzteilung. ...
www.kopp-orgelbau.de/htm/contact.html - 9k - Im Cache - Ähnliche Seiten
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Note added at 4 mins (2004-01-10 18:25:13 GMT)
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Bremen Walle Disposition /Specification
... Kurze, gebrochene Oktave / short broken octave CDE-d\'\'\' mit Subsemitonien (geteilte
Obertasten)/ with split keys eb/d#, eb\'/d#\', eb\'\'/d#\'\', g#/ab, g#\'/ab\'. ...
www.goart.gu.se/ortgies/Walle-Disposition.html - 8k - Im Cache - Ähnliche Seiten
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ivo Lang
3 mins
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| agree |
Antje Lücke
8 mins
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| agree |
Kim Metzger
: http://www.dohr.de/autor/fischer.htm
9 mins
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| agree |
Brandis (X)
: yes, die achte diatonische Stufe, die mit dem Grundton gleichnamig ist.
15 mins
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| agree |
Cécile Kellermayr
55 mins
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| neutral |
Chris Rowson (X)
: I agree with the translation, but the explanation and references are for something completely different - see my answer.
3 hrs
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| agree |
Rajiv Arora
6 days
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