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Doubling in unison.

The best and most natural combinations are between instruments
whose registers correspond the nearest:

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D. basses + Bass cl., D. basses + Fag. ; D. basses + C-fag.

The object of these combinations is: a) to obtain a new timbre
of definite colour; b) to strengthen the resonance of the strings;
c) to soften the quality of the wood-wind.

Examples:

• Snegourotchka 5 — 'Cellos + Violas + Eng. horn (cf. Ex. 15).
• " 28 — Violas + Ob. + Eng. horn.
• " 116 — Vns I + II + Ob. + Cl.
• " 288 — Vns I + II-'Cellos + Eng. horn (cf. Ex. 17)
• No. 80. The May Night, Act III Bb — Violas + Cl.
• No. 81. Sadko 311 — Vns + Ob.
• No. 82. " 77 — Violas + Eng. horn.
• No. 83. " 123 — Violas + Eng. horn.
• Servilia 59 — Vns G string + Fl.
• Tsar Saltan 30 — Vns I + II + 2 Cl.
• No. 84. Tsar Saltan 30, 10th bar. — 'Cellos + Violas + 3 Cl.
  + Fag.
• Tsar Saltan 156-159 — Vns detached + Fl. legato.
• The Tsar's Bride 10 Violas + 'Cellos + Fag.
• Antar, 4th movement 63 — 'Cellos + 2 Fag.
• Shéhérazade, 3rd movement H — Violas + Ob. + Eng. horn.