* Mlada, Act III, after 42—
| Fl. Ob. Eng. horn | >[ 8 ] 8. |
[No. 66.] Shéhérazade, 3rd movement G—
| Picc. Cl. I Cl. II | >[ 8 ] 8. |
Examples of melody doubled in five octaves are extremely rare; in such cases the strings participate in the process.
Melody in thirds and sixths.
Melodic progression in thirds and sixths demands either two instruments of the same colour (2 Fl., 2 Ob., 2 Cl., 2 Fag.), or instruments of different colours in the normal order of register:
| Fl. Ob. | Fl. Cl. | Ob. Cl. | Cl. Fag. | Ob. Fag. | >[ | 3 (6). |
If this order is inverted, e.g.
| Ob. Fl. | Cl. Fl. | Fag. Cl. | >[ | 3 (6), |