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4.2.4Perfect 5th: Leaps In Music Eventually Reach the Same Note, But a Lot Higher In Pitch
Suppose you were to start with the frequency for Middle C and just keep on going, up and up in leaps of perfect fifth intervals, until you eventually reach the note C again, in a much higher octave.
The first question is, would you ever get to C again, somewhere over the rainbow, way up high?
Yes, indeed. Especially in Kansas.
It takes 12 leaps of perfect fifths to get to another C. You end up seven octaves above the C that you started with.