Blind octave

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Blind octave passage on C major scale.
Blind octave passage B
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In

Liszt).[2]

Blind octave passage on C major scale followed regular two octave passage (with blind octave notes in red).
Blind octave passage
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Alternately, a blind octave may occur "in a rapid octave

note of each alternate octave is omitted."[3] The effect is to simulate octave doubling
using a solo instrument.

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-674-37501-7
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  2. ^ Sir George Grove, ed. (1910). Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Volume 3, p.735. The Macmillan Company.
  3. ^ (June 1, 1907). The Musical Herald, Issues 706-717, p.188. J. Curwen & Sons.
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