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Composer's Handbook
A hocket splits one melody between voices or instruments, note by note or in short fragments.
Divide one melodic line between two instruments in alternating fragments.
Flute plays notes 1 and 2, oboe notes 3 and 4, flute notes 5 and 6.
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