An octave represents eight notes, not a factor of eight.=20

Makes more sense than "flammable" and "inflammable" :)

Bob

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014, at 11:31 AM, David C Brown wrote:
> A decade is a factor of ten so an octave must be a factor of eight
> mustn't
> it?   Well, no it is actually a factor of two.   Why?   Very illogical.
> I know it is borrowed from musical theory where an octave is an interval
> of
> seven notes.  Equally illogical

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