register.

_Examples:_

_Sadko_ [[207]]--cf. Chap. II, p. 42 and Ex. 24.

* No. 230. _Russian Easter Fete_, p. 32--2 Solo violins (in
harmonics).

* No. 231. _Legend of Kitesh_ [[297]]--2 Solo violins + Picc.

Limits of orchestral range.

It is seldom that the entire orchestral conception is centred in the
upper register of the orchestra (the 5th and 6th octaves), still
more rarely is it focussed wholly in the lowest range (octaves 1 and
-1) where the proximity of harmonic intervals creates a bad effect. In
the first case the flutes and piccolo should be used along with the
upper notes of the violins, _soli_ or _divisi_; in the second case
the double bassoon and the low notes of the bassoons, bass clarinet,
horns, trombones and tuba are brought into play. The first method
gives brilliant colour, the second combination is dark and gloomy. The
contrary would be fundamentally impossible.

_Examples:_

_Pan Voyevoda_ [[122]], [[137]] }
_Servilia_ [[168]], 8th bar. (cf. Ex. 62) } low
No. 232. _The Golden Cockerel_ [[220]]; } register.
cf. also [[218]], [[219]] }

* _Snegourotchka_, before [[25]] }
* _Legend of Kitesh_, before [[34]] } high
* No. 233. _The Golden Cockerel_ [[113]], [[117]] } register.
* No. 234. _Sheherazade_, 2nd movement pp. 59-62 }

The upper and lower parts of a passage can seldom be widely separated
without the intermediate octaves being filled in, for this is contrary
to the first principles of proper distribution of chords. Nevertheless
the unusual resonance thus produced serves for strange and grotesque
effects. In the first of the following examples the piccolo figure
doubled by the harp and the sparkling notes of the _glockenspiel_ is
set about four octaves apart from the bass, which is assigned to a
single Double bass and Tuba. But in the 3rd octave, the augmented
fourths and diminished fifths in the two flutes help to fill up the
intermediate space and lessen the distance between the two extreme
parts, thus forming some sort of link between them. The general effect
is fanciful.

_Examples:_

No. 235. _Snegourotchka_ [[255]].

* No. 236. " [[315]], 5th and 6th bars.

" [[274]] (cf. Ex. 9).

_A Fairy Tale_ [[A]].

_The Golden Cockerel_ [[179]], 9th bar. (cf. Ex. 229).

Transference of passages and phrases.

A phrase or a figure is often transferred from one instrument t