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octavated
(
not
comparable
)
(
music
,
rare
,
of an instrument
)
Altered
to
sound
a
pitch
one
octave
lower than its usual
range
.
1987
, Bastiaan Blomhert,
The Harmoniemusik of Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
,
page
60
:
Ob 2 = violin 2 (
octavated
, except bar 4, which is from basset-horn 2)