Prime Octave
The A3-A4 octave is the Prime Octave.
It is easier to use the words ‘Prime octave’ than to continually say “the A3-A4 octave”. So we started referring to the A3-A4 octave as the Prime Octave, and it stuck. It was specific and easy. The A3-A4 octave is the Prime Octave.
Same way with the A2/A3 octave. We refer to the A2-A3 octave as the Sub Prime octave.
It would have been nice, if Scientific Notation would have been an A to A thing. But it’s not, it’s C – C. If it was an A to A thing, we could simply refer to the 4th octave or the 3rd octave and everyone would know which notes we’re talking about. But technically the 3rd octave is C3 – B3, the 4th octave C4 – B4 and so on.
Calling A3-A4 the 4th octave is not technically correct. So we refer the A3-A4 octave the Prime octave and the A2-A3 octave the Sub Prime octave.
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dear bob, just wanting to tell you, piano sounded great. yours is the best tuning I’ve had in years. let’s set up another time for some more magic.
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Bob, I just wanted to tell you how wonderful the tuning job was, I never heard the piano sound better, either I am getting older and cannot hear or you are getting better, I think it is the latter. You...
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Thank you, Bob, for the fabulous job you did with our piano. It sounds wonderful! Regards, Meryl Wade
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Hi Bob. Thank you so much for the exceptional job you did tuning my husband’s old piano back on February 13th. He was thrilled and it sounds just gorgeous now! Best, Janet Mabon
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