Wouldn't a fence with 8 posts a meter apart be 8 meters long?

Regards,

Jim

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> Subject: Re: [OT] Octaves
> From: RussellMc <apptechnz@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, August 22, 2014 10:15 am
> To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
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> On 23 August 2014 02:49, David C Brown <dcb.home@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Yes there are eight keys in an octave but inly seven intervals between
> > keys.  Since an "octave" is an interval made up of those seven smaller
> > intervals it would logically be called ot a septade or heptade.   To ca=
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> > it an octave is as logical as saying that a fence with eight posts a me=
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> > apart is eight metres long.
> >
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> And how many keys are there in two octaves ? :-)
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