oktaviert

09:11 Apr 8, 2019 

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.

08:13 Apr 8, 2019 

'The organ pipes have an appealing "chiff" or "chirp" at the onset of each note.'
https://www.stereophile.com/content/istereophileis-test-cd-2...

08:03 Apr 3, 2019 

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.

07:50 Apr 3, 2019 

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

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!)...

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!)...

19:51 Apr 2, 2019 

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.

17:17 Apr 2, 2019 

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.

16:41 Apr 2, 2019 

Three calls/single chords, each an octave of the preceeding...

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?

19:06 Apr 1, 2019 

I think it's ok to go with "octavated" but let's see if we get any input from musicians in the know...

18:46 Apr 1, 2019 

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?).

18:38 Apr 1, 2019 

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.