transposing instrument

Some common transposing instruments sound a major ninth lower than written.

The alto guitar is a transposing instrument, in the key of G.

Having transposing instruments makes it possible for pipes to play in several different keys.

Unlike all other saxophones, it is not a transposing instrument.

The article on transposing instruments explains more about it.

Instruments that do not play in the key of C are known as transposing instruments.

So a song played on the transposing instrument will sound familiar, but played in a different key.

This is a transposing instrument, sounding a perfect fourth below its written notation.

Compare this to recorders which are not transposing instruments.

A transposing instrument; it is pitched in F, a perfect fifth lower than the oboe.

Like the saxhorn, the saxotromba was a transposing instrument.

Traditionally, the double bass is a transposing instrument.

The celesta is a transposing instrument; it sounds an octave higher than the written pitch.

The double bass is a transposing instrument and sounds one octave lower than notated.

The xylophone is a transposing instrument: its parts are written one octave below the sounding notes.

Parts for transposing instruments (clarinets and horns) are written at actual pitch in the score.

Woodwinds, especially the recorder and clarinets, are transposing instruments.

See also Transposing instrument and modulation (music).

Unlike most other brass instruments in an orchestral setting, the trombone is not usually considered a transposing instrument.

The alto flute is a transposing instrument.

A transposing instrument is a musical instrument that does not play the notes you might think it will play.

This is because clarinets are transposing instruments.

The E-flat, B flat and C versions are transposing instruments.

Older carillons can be transposing instruments, generally transposing upward.

Note names are also used for specifying the natural scale of a transposing instrument such as a clarinet, trumpet or saxophone.