A transposing instrument is a musical instrument for which music notation is not written at concert pitch (concert pitch is the pitch on a non-transposing...

This is a list of transposing instruments and their transposition. Transposing instruments are instruments for which the convention is to write music notation...

may be notated in the bass clef as a non-transposing instrument or in the treble clef as a transposing instrument in B♭. In British brass bands, it is typically...

notating such flutes as transposing instruments using the fingerings of an alto recorder. Michel notes that this transposition allows for the use of the...

the euphonium, the baritone can be considered either a transposing or non-transposing instrument. In the UK, the baritone is part of the standardized instrumentation...

varieties of fife follow the conventions of transposing instruments: defining the key in which a transposing instrument sounds as the major key whose tonic is...

signatures). For example, transposing the pitches C4–E4–G4 up two steps in the familiar C major scale gives the pitches E4–G4–B4. Transposing the same pitches...

sounds as a non-transposing instrument's B♭. The term "concert pitch" is used to refer to the pitch on a non-transposing instrument, to distinguish it...

Experimental musical instrument Percussion instrument, which is struck String instrument, uses vibrating strings Transposing instrument, allows music to be...

compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B♭. There is also a soprano cornet in E♭ and cornets in A and...

era. Transposing instruments have their origin in the variety of pitch standards. In modern times, they conventionally have their parts transposed into...

at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. This carillon is a transposing instrument pitched in B. Its 54 bells are chromatically arranged from G (1...

or clarinet. The csakan is a transposing instrument in A-flat although it could also be considered a transposing instrument in A when used with guitars...

the tenor trombone and bass trombone. These are treated as non-transposing instruments, reading at concert pitch in bass clef, with higher notes sometimes...

(soprano) and the cor anglais, or English horn, (alto). It is a transposing instrument, sounding a minor third lower than it is notated, i.e. in A, so...

ensemble sections. The celesta is a transposing instrument; it sounds one octave higher than the written pitch. Instruments of different sizes exist with ranges...

typically 3+1⁄2 or 4 octaves. Like the glockenspiel, the xylophone is a transposing instrument: its parts are written one octave below the sounding notes. Concert...

F-clef for low parts. Transposing instruments can be an exception to this—the same clef is generally used for all instruments in a family, regardless...

was developed by the German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim. The sopranino saxophone is a transposing instrument, with the same written range as...

There are many distinct types of trumpet. The most common is a transposing instrument pitched in B♭ with a tubing length of about 1.48 m (4 ft 10 in)...

resulting in a lower pitch for a given fingering. The F alto is a non-transposing instrument, though its basic scale is in F, that is, a fifth lower than the...

musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B♭ clarinet, it is usually pitched in B♭ (meaning it is a transposing instrument on...

key of B♭ (while the alto is pitched in the key of E♭), and is a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower...

tone color, wide range, versatility, and virtuosity. It is a non-transposing instrument and typically its music is written in the bass and tenor clefs,...

oboe in F. The cor anglais is a transposing instrument pitched in F, a perfect fifth lower than the oboe (a C instrument). This means that music for the...

oboe is written in concert pitch (i.e., it is not a transposing instrument), and the instrument has a soprano range, usually from B♭3 to G6. Orchestras...

built by Adolphe Sax, as first observed by Berlioz in 1842. It is a transposing instrument pitched in B♭, an octave below the tenor saxophone and a perfect...

bass or contrabass saxophone. The tubax, like the saxophone, is a transposing instrument notated in treble clef. The E♭ and B♭ models have identical ranges...

instruments (e.g., theorbo, serpent wind instrument, viols), albeit an octave below the cellos, because the double bass is a transposing instrument that...

models may reach up to 3+1⁄2 octaves. The glockenspiel is often a transposing instrument and sounds two octaves above the written pitch, though this is sometimes...