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short octave
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An example of the possible appearance and tuning of a short octave.

In music, the bottom octave on an old keyboard instrument, where the notes governed by the extreme bottom keys are sometimes not tuned to the ordinary scale, but to a selection of lower notes more likely to be frequently required.



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When playing broken octave passages or arpeggios that incorporate large intervals, keep the hand soft, "find" the notes with the forearm and release notes early if possible.
 
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