magadize means To play a piece of music simultaneously at two different octaves. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.
Why this word is great
MAGADIZE — [Verb] To sing or play a melody simultaneously at two different octaves. From the Ancient Greek μαγαδίζω (magadízō, 'to play the magadis'), from μάγαδις (mágadis, 'an ancient stringed instrument known for its capacity to produce octaves'). Unlike "harmonize," which builds complementary chords, or "unison," which demands identical pitch, to magadize is to cleave a single line into a shadow and its echo, binding them across the void of eight notes. It is the resonant shimmer of a cathedral bell’s fundamental tone and its ghost, the uncanny depth of a lone voice discovering its own double, or the foundational rumble and shimmer of a pianist’s hands meeting at the ends of the keyboard—a humble defiance of solitude, proving a melody can be alone and accompanied by itself.
verb
- To play a piece of music simultaneously at two different octaves.