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octavating

adj

Etymology

From octavate + -ing.

Definitions

  1. Transposed by an octave.

    • The idea underlying this section is ‘the exploitation of non-octavating pitch-sieves (scales) and their cyclic transpositions.’
    • The tenor, originally written in standard G clef, is here written in octavating G clef, showing that it is to be read an octave lower than it is notated.
    • Ob 1 = flute 1 (= octavating violin 1)

The neighborhood

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