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List of transposition (order by instrument and amount of transposition):

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This is a '''list of transposing instruments''' and their transposition. [[Transposing instruments]] are instruments for which the convention is to write music notation transposed relative to [[concert pitch]].


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|-
|-
! [[Family_(musical_instruments)|Instrument family]] !! Instrument name !! A written [[C (musical note)#Middle C|C<sub>4</sub>]] produces:
! [[Family (musical instruments)|Instrument family]] !! Instrument name !! The note [[C (musical note)#Middle C|C<sub>4</sub>]] written down produces:
! class="unsortable" | Comment
! class="unsortable" | Comment
|-
|-
| rowspan=6 | [[Accordion]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Accordion]]
| A{{music|flat}} [[Piccolo Accordion]]
| D{{music|flat}} piano accordion
| A{{music|flat}}<sub>5</sub>
| Used with the [[University of Chicago]] Carillon
|-
| [[Alto Accordion]] 
| C<sub>5</sub>
| [[Being built by Yamaha]]
|-
| D{{music|flat}} Piano Accordion
| D{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
| D{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
|
| An Accordion that transposes up a half step from concert pitch.
|-
|-
| [[Piano Accordion]]
| [[Bass accordion]]
| C<sub>4</sub>
| C<sub>2</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Arpeggione]]
| [[Diatonic Accordion]] in C
| C<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|-
| [[Tenor Accordion]] 
| C<sub>3</sub>
| A Special Accordion used to reinforce the Tenors in Choir Concerts
|-
| arpeggione
| [[Arpeggione]]
| C<sub>2</sub>/C<sub>3</sub>
| C<sub>2</sub>/C<sub>3</sub>
|
| In Bass Clef, alternates between sounding at the pitch of the guitar and 1 octave below when written on the treble clef
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" | bagpipe
| rowspan="2" | Bagpipe
| [[Great Highland Bagpipe]]
| [[Great Highland Bagpipe|Great Highland bagpipe]]
| D{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
| variable D{{music|flat}}<sub>4 -</sub> D<sub>4</sub>
| A minority of bagpipes, made for playing with other instruments, are exactly D{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub> (referred to as B{{music|flat}}, relative to the tonic note A rather than C). Most bagpipes are sharper than this, between D{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub> and D<sub>4</sub>.<ref>Macpherson, Ewan. "The Pitch and Scale of the Great Highland Bagpipe". ''New Zealand Pipeband'' (Winter 1998). Retrieved 21 Sep 2024.</ref><sub>.</sub> <br />
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Northumbrian Smallpipes|Northumbrian smallpipes]] in F or F+
| [[Great Highland bagpipe]] in A
| C<sub>4</sub>
| Newly used
|-
| [[Northumbrian Smallpipes]] in F or F+
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub> for F (~20 cents sharp for F+)
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub> for F (~20 cents sharp for F+)
| Older and traditionally made instruments use a pitch sharp of F described as F+ (F-plus). [[Concert_pitch#History_of_pitch_standards_in_Western_music|See History of Pitch Standards in Western Music.]].
| Older and traditionally made instruments use a pitch sharp of F described as [[F+ (pitch)|F+]] (F-plus)
|-
| banjo
| [[Soprano Banjo]]
| C<sub>4</sub>
|  Tuned an octave above a regular Banjo
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | Banjo
| banjo
| [[Banjo]]
| [[Banjo]]
| C<sub>3</sub>
| C<sub>3</sub>
| <br />
| <br />
|-
|-
| 5 string bluegrass banjo
| Tenor banjo
| C<sub>3</sub>
| [[Banjo]]
| G<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
| Open G tuning is high string G4 and middle string G3 on 5 string banjo.
|-
| rowspan="6" | bassoon
| Sopranoon
| F<sub>5</sub>
| Soprano bassoon
|-
| Altoon
| C<sub>5</sub>
| Alto bassoon, also known as Octave bassoon
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Bassoon]]
| [[Tenoroon]] 
| [[Tenoroon]] 
| F<sub>4</sub>
| F<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Bassoon]]
| [[Contrabassoon]]
| C<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|-
| A [[Bassoon]] 
| A<sub>3</sub>
| From part in BWV 150
|-
| [[Contrabassoon]], [[Contraforte]]
| C<sub>3</sub>
| C<sub>3</sub>
| <br />
|-
| rowspan="4" | bugle
| [[Piccolo soprano bugle]]
| G<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |Bugle
| [[Soprano bugle]], [[Mellophone|Mellophone bugle]], French horn bugle
| [[Soprano bugle]]{{Break}}[[Mellophone|Mellophone bugle]]{{Break}}[[Marching French horn|French horn bugle]]
| G<sub>3</sub>
| G<sub>3</sub>
| <br />
| <br />
|-
|-
| Baritone bugle, Euphonium bugle
| Baritone bugle{{Break}}Euphonium bugle
| G<sub>2</sub>
| G<sub>2</sub>
|
| notated in different clefs, but sound same pitches
|-
|-
| [[Contrabass bugle]]
| [[Contrabass bugle]]
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| <br />
| <br />
|-
|-
| rowspan="5" | carillon
| colspan="2" | [[Carillon]]
| Various
| [[Carillon]] in Wiesbaden, Germany
| Since they are seldom played in concert with other instruments and [[carillonneur]]s need standardized sheet music, carillons often transpose to a variety of keys—whichever is advantageous for the particular installation; many transposing carillons weigh little, have many bells, or were constructed on limited funds.<ref name=Lehr>{{cite book |last=Lehr |first=André |title=Campanology Textbook: The Musical and Technical Aspect of Swinging Bells and Carillons |language=nl |translator-last=Schafer |translator-first=Kimberly |year=2005 |publisher=[[The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America]] |page=59 |oclc=154672090 |url=https://www.gcna.org/bulletin |access-date=2021-07-26 |archive-date=2021-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210124235/https://www.gcna.org/bulletin |url-status=live }}</ref> An increasing number of new carillons have been installed in concert pitch as a result of the desire to establish the carillon as a full-fledged concert instrument.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rombouts |first=Luc |author-link=Luc Rombouts |title=Singing Bronze: A History of Carillon Music |year=2014 |publisher=[[Leuven University Press]] |translator=Communicationwise |page=310 |isbn=978-90-5867-956-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jQ-RCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111 |access-date=2021-06-29 |archive-date=2016-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617175303/https://books.google.com/books?id=jQ-RCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA111 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| C<sub>5</sub>
| <br />
|-
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Celesta]]
| Sydney University [[Carillon]]
| D{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|-
| [[The National Carillon in Canberra]]
| B<sub>3</sub>
| <br />
|-
| [[Carillon]] at the University of Chicago.
| A{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
| <br />
|-
| [[Tenor Carillon]] in Florida
| C<sub>3</sub>
| <br />
|-
| rowspan="3" | celesta
| D{{music|flat}} [[Celesta]] 
| D{{music|flat}}<sub>5</sub>
| A celesta tuned up a half step
|-
| [[Celesta]]
| C<sub>5</sub>
| C<sub>5</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| rowspan="18" |Clarinet
| [[Tenor Celesta]]
| [[A-flat clarinet|A{{music|flat}} clarinet]]
| C<sub>4</sub>
| Sounding range: 4 Octaves is C<sub>3</sub>-C<sub>7</sub>, 5 octaves is C<sub>2</sub>-C<sub>7</sub> or F<sub>2</sub>-F<sub>7</sub>, and 5 1/2 octaves is C<sub>2</sub>-F<sub>7</sub>
|-
| rowspan="25" | clarinet
| B{{music|flat}} [[Piccolo Clarinet]] 
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|-
| [[Basset clarinet]] 
| A<sub>4</sub>
| an A Soprano Clarinet w/ an Extended range (when written in bass clef)
|-
| A{{music|flat}} [[Piccolo clarinet]]
| A{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
| A{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
| E [[Sopranino Clarinet]]
| E<sub>4</sub>
| an Octave lower version is the E alto clarinet
|-
|-
| [[E flat clarinet|E{{music|flat}} clarinet]]
| [[E flat clarinet|E{{music|flat}} clarinet]]
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| D [[clarinet]]
| D [[clarinet]]
| D<sub>4</sub>
| D<sub>4</sub>
|
| rare
|-
| C [[soprano clarinet]]
| C<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|-
|-
| B [[soprano clarinet]]
| B [[soprano clarinet]]
| B<sub>3</sub>
| B<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| '''B{{music|flat}} [[clarinet]]'''
| B{{music|flat}} [[clarinet]]
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Bass clarinet]] 
| A [[soprano clarinet]]
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
| German notation in bass clef
|-
| '''A [[soprano clarinet]]'''
| A<sub>3</sub>
| A<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Basset clarinet]] in Treble Clef
| [[Basset clarinet]]
| A<sub>3</sub>
| A<sub>3</sub>
|
| Basically an A Soprano Clarinet with an Extended range
|-
|-
| A{{music|flat}} [[soprano clarinet]]
| A{{music|flat}} [[soprano clarinet]]
| A{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
| A{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Clarinet d'amore|Clarinet d’amour]]
| G [[Mezzo soprano clarinet]]
| G<sub>3</sub>
| G<sub>3</sub>
|
| also known as clarinet d’amour
|-
|-
| G [[basset clarinet]] 
| G [[Basset clarinet]] 
| G<sub>3</sub>
| G<sub>3</sub>
|
| Extended range Mezzo Soprano Clarinet in G
|-
|-
| [[Basset horn]] 
| [[Basset horn]] 
| F<sub>3</sub>
| F<sub>3</sub>
|
| F Alto Clarinet
|-
|-
| [[Alto clarinet]]
| [[Alto clarinet]]
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| C [[bass clarinet]] 
| C [[bass clarinet]] 
| C<sub>3</sub>
| C<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Bass clarinet]] 
| [[Bass clarinet]] 
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
|
| French notation in treble clef
|-
| A [[bass clarinet]] 
| A<sub>2</sub>
| Being made by Yamaha, ideal for Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A major/Bass Clarinet Version
|-
| F [[Baritone Clarinet]]
| F<sub>2</sub>
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Contra-alto clarinet]]
| [[Contra-alto clarinet]]
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Contrabass clarinet]]
| [[Contrabass clarinet]]
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>1</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>1</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Subcontrabass clarinet|Octocontra-alto clarinet]] 
| [[Subcontrabass clarinet|Octocontra-alto clarinet]] 
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>1</sub>
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>1</sub>
|
| very rare
|-
|-
| B{{music|flat}} [[Subcontrabass clarinet|octocontrabass clarinet]] 
| B{{music|flat}} [[Subcontrabass clarinet|octocontrabass clarinet]] 
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>0</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>0</sub>
|
| very rare
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | cornet
| rowspan="2" | Cornet
| [[Soprano cornet]]
| [[Soprano cornet]]
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Cornet]]
| [[Cornet]]
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Crotales]]
| crotales
| [[Crotales]]
| C<sub>6</sub>
| C<sub>6</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Csakan]]
| crotales
| [[Tenor Crotales]]
| C<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|-
| csakan
| [[Csakan]]
| A{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
| A{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
| rowspan="2" | euphonium
| rowspan="2" | [[Euphonium]] 
| C<sub>4</sub>
| when written in bass clef
|-
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Euphonium]]
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
| '''when written in treble clef'''
| When notated in treble clef
|-
|-
| fife
| fife
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| <br />
| <br />
|-
|-
| rowspan="16" | [[Western concert flute|Flute]]
| flugelhorn
| [[Flugelhorn]]
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
| <br />
|-
| rowspan="16" | flute
| D{{music|flat}} [[piccolo]]
| D{{music|flat}} [[piccolo]]
| D{{music|flat}}<sub>5</sub>
| D{{music|flat}}<sub>5</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Piccolo]]
| [[Piccolo]]
| C<sub>5</sub>
| C<sub>5</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Treble flute]]
| [[Treble flute]]
| G<sub>4</sub>
| G<sub>4</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[F Treble Flute]]
| F [[soprano flute]]
| F<sub>4</sub>
| F<sub>4</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
| [[Soprano flute]]
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
|
|-
|-
| D{{music|flat}} Flute
| D{{music|flat}} Flute
| D{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
| D{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
| [[Flute]]
| C<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|-
|-
| B{{music|flat}} [[flûte d'amour]]
| B{{music|flat}} [[flûte d'amour]]
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| A [[flûte d'amour]] 
| A [[flûte d'amour]] 
| A<sub>3</sub>
| A<sub>3</sub>
|
| Mezzo-Soprano Flute
|-
|-
| [[Alto flute]]
| [[Alto flute]]
| G<sub>3</sub>
| G<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| F [[Alto Flute]] 
| [[Bass flute]]
| F<sub>3</sub>
| Countertenor Flute
|-
| [[Bass flute]] (Tenor Flute)
| C<sub>3</sub>
| C<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Contra-alto flute]] 
| [[Contra-alto flute]] 
| G<sub>2</sub>
| G<sub>2</sub>
|
| now being called a Baritone Flute
|-
|-
| [[Contrabass flute]] 
| [[Contrabass flute]] 
| C<sub>2</sub>
| C<sub>2</sub>
|
| rare
|-
|-
| G [[Contrabass flute#Variations|subcontrabass flute]] 
| [[Subcontrabass flute]] 
| G<sub>1</sub>
| G<sub>1</sub>
|
| rare
|-
| F [[subcontrabass flute]] 
| F<sub>1</sub>
|
|-
|-
| [[Double contrabass flute]] 
| [[Double contrabass flute]] 
| C<sub>1</sub>
| C<sub>1</sub>
|
| very rare
|-
|-
| [[Hyperbass flute]] 
| [[Hyperbass flute]] 
| C<sub>0</sub>
| C<sub>0</sub>
|
| True Subcontrabass Flute in C
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | glockenspiel
| colspan="2" | [[Glockenspiel]]
| [[Glockenspiel]]
| C<sub>6</sub>
| C<sub>6</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| rowspan="1" | Guitar
| [[Tenor Glockenspiel]]
| [[Guitar]]
| C<sub>4</sub>
| C<sub>3</sub>
| <br />
| <br />
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | guitar
| colspan="2" | [[Handbells]]
| [[Piccolo Bass Guitar]]
| C<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|-
| [[Guitar]], [[Bass guitar]]
| C<sub>3</sub>
| at times an octave G clef is used; see [[Clef#Octave clefs|Octave clef]], pedantically speaking transposes to E minor in standard tuning because open strings form a minor chord, bass has only low 4 strings
|-
| rowspan="2" | handbells
| [[Handbells]]
| C<sub>5</sub>
| C<sub>5</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Hardanger Fiddle]]
| [[Tenor Handbells]]
| C<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|-
| rowspan="2" | hardanger fiddle
| Hardanger Fiddle
| D<sub>4</sub>
| D<sub>4</sub>
|
| Except when tuned like a traditional violin: G,D,A,E
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |Horn
| [[Hardanger Fiddle]] in C
| [[French horn#Marching horn|Marching horn]]
| C<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|-
| rowspan="8" | horn
| [[Descant Horn]]
| F<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|-
| '''[[French horn|Horn]]'''
| F<sub>4</sub>
| when written in bass clef (old notation)
|-
| [[Baritone horn]] 
| C<sub>4</sub>
| when written in bass clef
|-
| [[Horn in C alto]] 
| C<sub>4</sub>
| new instrument in production
|-
| B{{music|flat}} [[French horn#Marching horn|marching horn]]
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[French horn|Horn]]
| [[French horn|Horn]]
| F<sub>3</sub>
| F<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Alto horn|Tenor horn]]
| [[Mellophone]]
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
| <br />
|-
| [[Baritone horn]] 
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
| when written in treble clef
|-
| mando-guitar
| [[Mando-guitar]]
| C<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|-
| mandolin
| [[Mandolin ]]tuned down a half step
| B<sub>3</sub>
| <br />
|-
| mellophone
| [[Mellophone]]
| [[Mellophone]]
| F<sub>3</sub>
| F<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| rowspan="7" | oboe
| rowspan="5" | [[Oboe]]
| F [[piccolo oboe]]
| F [[piccolo oboe]]
| F<sub>4</sub>
| F<sub>4</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| E{{music|flat}} piccolo oboe
| E{{music|flat}} piccolo oboe
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
| [[Oboe]]
| C<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Oboe d'amore]]
| [[Oboe d'amore]]
| A<sub>3</sub>
| A<sub>3</sub>
|
| Mezzo Soprano Oboe
|-
|-
| [[Cor anglais]] 
| [[Cor anglais]] 
| F<sub>3</sub>
| F<sub>3</sub>
|
| English horn or F alto Oboe
|-
|-
| [[Heckelphone]] and [[Bass oboe]] 
| [[Heckelphone]] and [[Bass oboe]] 
| rowspan="2" | C<sub>3</sub>
| C<sub>3</sub>
|
| (Extended Range) Tenor Oboe
|-
| rowspan="2" | organ
| Cammerton [[Pipe Organ]] in D
| D<sub>4</sub>
| A pipe organ that transposes up a whole step from concert pitch
|-
| [[Organ (music)|Organ]]
| C<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|-
| rowspan="2" | oud
| [[Piccolo Oud]] 
| C<sub>4</sub>
| Non transposing because it's tuned an octave higher
|-
|-
| [[Oud]]
| colspan="2" |[[Oud]]
| G<sub>2</sub>
| G<sub>2</sub>
| bolahenk tuning
| Bolahenk tuning
|-
|-
| rowspan="11" | recorder
| rowspan="11" | Recorder
| [[Garklein recorder]]
| [[Garklein recorder]]
| C<sub>6</sub>
| C<sub>6</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Sopranino recorder]]
| [[Sopranino recorder]]
| C<sub>5</sub>/F<sub>5</sub>
| C<sub>5</sub>/F<sub>5</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Soprano recorder]]
| [[Soprano recorder]]
| C<sub>5</sub>, formerly G<sub>4</sub>
| C<sub>5</sub>, formerly G<sub>4</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| B{{music|flat}} Soprano recorder 
| B{{music|flat}} Soprano recorder 
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
|
| A Concert Band Soprano Recorder
|-
|-
| [[Alto recorder]] 
| [[Alto recorder]] 
| F<sub>4</sub>
| F<sub>4</sub>
|
| In alternative notation
|-
|-
| [[Voice flute]]
| [[Voice flute]]
| D<sub>4</sub>, formerly A<sub>3</sub>
| D<sub>4</sub>, formerly A<sub>3</sub>
|
| D Tenor recorder
|-
|-
| [[Tenor recorder]]
| [[Tenor recorder]]
| C<sub>4</sub>, formerly G<sub>3</sub>
| C<sub>4</sub>, formerly G<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| Basset recorder
| Basset recorder
| F<sub>3</sub>
| F<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Bass recorder]]
| [[Bass recorder]]
| C<sub>3</sub>
| C<sub>3</sub>
| in Treble Clef
| When notated in treble clef
|-
|-
| [[Great bass recorder]]
| [[Great bass recorder]]
| F<sub>2</sub>
| F<sub>2</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
|Contrabass recorder
|Contrabass recorder
|C<sub>2</sub>
|C<sub>2</sub>
|
|<br />
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Saxhorn|Saxhorns]]
|[[Flugelhorn]]
|B{{Flat}}{{Sub|3}}
|
|-
|[[Alto horn|Tenor horn]]
|E{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
|
|-
|[[Baritone horn]] 
|B{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
|When notated in treble clef
|-
|-
| rowspan="15" | saxophone
| rowspan="12" | Saxophone
| [[Piccolo saxophone]]
| [[Piccolo saxophone]]
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Sopranino saxophone]]
| [[Sopranino saxophone]]
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
| C [[soprano saxophone]]
| C<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Soprano saxophone]]
| [[Soprano saxophone]]
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Mezzo-soprano saxophone|F alto saxophone]] 
| [[Mezzo-soprano saxophone|F alto saxophone]] 
| F<sub>3</sub>
| F<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Alto saxophone]]
| [[Alto saxophone]]
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| C Tenor Saxophone
| [[C Melody Saxophone]]
| C<sub>3</sub>
| C<sub>3</sub>
|
| aka [[C Melody Saxophone]]
|-
|-
| [[Tenor saxophone]]
| [[Tenor saxophone]]
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
| F [[Saxophone#Members of the saxophone family|baritone saxophone]] 
| F<sub>2</sub>
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Baritone saxophone]]
| [[Baritone saxophone]]
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| C [[Saxophone#Members of the saxophone family|bass saxophone]] 
| C [[Saxophone#Members of the saxophone family|bass saxophone]] 
| C<sub>2</sub>
| C<sub>2</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Bass saxophone]]
| [[Bass saxophone]]
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>1</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>1</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Contrabass saxophone]]
| [[Contrabass saxophone]]
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>1</sub>
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>1</sub>
|
| rare
|-
| C [[contrabass saxophone]] 
| C<sub>1</sub>
| New instrument in production
|-
|-
| [[Subcontrabass saxophone]] 
| [[Subcontrabass saxophone]] 
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>0</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>0</sub>
|
| very rare
|-
|-
| tin whistle
| colspan="2" | [[Tin whistle]]
| [[Tin whistle]]
| C<sub>5</sub>
| C<sub>5</sub>
| Transposes at the octave. Some whistle players treat whistles pitched higher or lower than the "standard" D tin whistle as (additionally) transposing instruments.
| <br />
|-
|-
| rowspan="4" | trombone
| rowspan="5" |Trombone
| '''[[Trombone]] '''
| Tenor [[Trombone]]
| C4
| C<sub>4</sub>
| When noted in treble clef
| except in [[British brass band|brass band]] music
|-
|-
| [[C Soprano Trombone]]
| [[Alto trombone]]
| C4
| C<sub>4</sub>
|Reads Alto Clef
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[C Tenor Trombone]]
| [[Soprano trombone]]
| C4
| C<sub>3</sub>
| May be B{{music|flat}}{{sub|3}} like a B{{music|flat}} trumpet
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Trombone#Tenor trombone|Tenor trombone]]
|Bass Trombone
|C4
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
|The Bass Trombone is the same as the Tenor Trombone except it has a larger bore and an extra trigger
|  when written in treble clef
|-
|Contrabass Trombone
|C4
|Plays the same notes as a tuba
|-
|-
| rowspan=15 | [[Trumpet]]
| rowspan="12" | [[Trumpet]]
| C [[Piccolo Trumpet]]
| C [[Piccolo Trumpet]]
| C<sub>5</sub>
| C<sub>5</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| [[Piccolo trumpet]]
| [[Piccolo trumpet]]
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
|
| may also be in A
|-
|-
| [[Piccolo Trumpet]] in A
| [[Piccolo Trumpet]] in A
| A<sub>4</sub>
| A<sub>4</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| F trumpet
| F trumpet
| F<sub>4</sub>
| F<sub>4</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| E trumpet
| E trumpet
| E<sub>4</sub>
| E<sub>4</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| E{{music|flat}} trumpet
| E{{music|flat}} trumpet
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>4</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| D trumpet
| D trumpet
| D<sub>4</sub>
| D<sub>4</sub>
|
| may also be in E{{music|flat}}
|-
| C trumpet
| C<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|-
|-
| Trumpet
| Trumpet
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| A trumpet
| A trumpet
| A<sub>3</sub>
| A<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
| A{{music|flat}} Trumpet
| A{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
| New
|-
|-
| E{{music|flat}} [[bass trumpet]]
| E{{music|flat}} [[bass trumpet]]
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| D [[bass trumpet]]
| D [[bass trumpet]]
| D<sub>3</sub>
| D<sub>3</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
| [[Bass trumpet]]
| C<sub>3</sub>
| Tenor Trumpet
|-
|-
| [[Bass trumpet]] 
| [[Bass trumpet]] 
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
|
| when written in treble clef
|-
| rowspan="3" | tuba
| '''[[Tuba]] '''
| C<sub>4</sub>
| except in brass band music
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Tuba]]
| E{{music|flat}} [[tuba]]
| E{{music|flat}} [[tuba]]
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
| E{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
|  when written in treble clef (British brass band music)
| When notated in treble clef
|-
|-
| '''B{{music|flat}} [[tuba]] '''
| B{{music|flat}} tuba''' '''
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>1</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>1</sub>
| when written in treble clef (British brass band music)
| When notated in treble clef
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Venova]]
| venova
| [[Venova]]
| [[Venova]]
| C<sub>5</sub>
| C<sub>5</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
| [[Venova|Alto Venova]]
| F<sub>4</sub>
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="5" | violin
| rowspan="4" | [[Violin]]
| [[Treble violin]] 
| [[Treble violin]] 
| C<sub>5</sub>
| C<sub>5</sub>
|
| aka Pochette
|-
|-
| [[Alto Violin]]
| [[Alto violin|Alto Violin]]
| C<sub>5</sub>
| C<sub>5</sub>
|
| Upright Viola in Bass Clef
|-
| [[Cello]] 
| C<sub>3</sub>
| in Treble Clef with a small 8 below the clef
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Octobass]] 
| rowspan="2" | [[Octobass]] 
| C<sub>2</sub>
| C<sub>2</sub>
|
| Found in the MIM
|-
|-
| C<sub>0</sub>
| C<sub>0</sub>
|
| In Treble Clef
|-
|-
| [[Viol]]
| viol
| [[Double bass]]
| [[Double bass]]
| C<sub>3</sub>
| C<sub>3</sub>
| <br />
|-
| rowspan="3" | vocal
| rowspan="2" | Female [[Vocal]] 
| C<sub>5</sub>
| Bari & Bass parts in Bass Clef: Female Barber Shop (aka Sweet Adeline quartet)
|-
| C<sub>4</sub>
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Wagner Tuba]]
| Vocal tenor parts
| C<sub>3</sub>
| when written in treble clef; at times an octave G clef is used; see [[Clef#Octave clefs|Octave clef]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Wagner Tuba]]
| Tenor Wagner tuba
| Tenor Wagner tuba
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>, formerly B{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
| B{{music|flat}}<sub>3</sub>, formerly B{{music|flat}}<sub>2</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| Bass Wagner tuba 
| Bass Wagner tuba 
| F<sub>3</sub>, formerly F<sub>2</sub>
| F<sub>3</sub>, formerly F<sub>2</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Xylophone]]
| Whistle
| [[Low whistle]] 
| C<sub>4</sub>
| a non transposing [[tin whistle]] (true key note is generally D<sub>3</sub>)
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Xylophone]]
| [[Xylophone]]
| C<sub>5</sub>
| C<sub>5</sub>
|
| <br />
|-
| [[Tenor Xylophone]]
| C<sub>4</sub>
| <br />
|}
|}


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[:Category:Transposing instruments]]
* [[Transposing instrument]]
* [[Instrument transposition]]


== Notes ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
<references/>


== References ==
== Further reading ==
* Kennan, Kent Wheeler. ''The Technique of Orchestration'', Second Edition. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970, 1952; {{ISBN|0-13-900316-9}}
* Kennan, Kent Wheeler. ''The Technique of Orchestration'', Second Edition. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970, 1952; {{ISBN|0-13-900316-9}}
* Del Mar, Norman. ''The Anatomy of the Orchestra''. University of California Press, 1981
* Del Mar, Norman. ''The Anatomy of the Orchestra''. University of California Press, 1981

Latest revision as of 19:59, 21 September 2024

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

Instrument family Instrument name The note C4 written down produces: Comment
Accordion D♭ piano accordion D♭4
Bass accordion C2
Arpeggione C2/C3
Bagpipe Great Highland bagpipe variable D♭4 - D4 A minority of bagpipes, made for playing with other instruments, are exactly D♭4 (referred to as B♭, relative to the tonic note A rather than C). Most bagpipes are sharper than this, between D♭4 and D4.[1].
Northumbrian smallpipes in F or F+ B♭4 for F (~20 cents sharp for F+) Older and traditionally made instruments use a pitch sharp of F described as F+ (F-plus)
Banjo Banjo C3
Tenor banjo C3
Bassoon Tenoroon  F4
Contrabassoon C3
Bugle Soprano bugle
Mellophone bugle
French horn bugle 		G3
Baritone bugle
Euphonium bugle 		G2
Contrabass bugle G1
Carillon Various Since they are seldom played in concert with other instruments and carillonneurs need standardized sheet music, carillons often transpose to a variety of keys—whichever is advantageous for the particular installation; many transposing carillons weigh little, have many bells, or were constructed on limited funds.[2] An increasing number of new carillons have been installed in concert pitch as a result of the desire to establish the carillon as a full-fledged concert instrument.[3]
Celesta C5
Clarinet A♭ clarinet A♭4
E♭ clarinet E♭4
D clarinet D4
B soprano clarinet B3
B♭ clarinet B♭3
A soprano clarinet A3
Basset clarinet A3
A♭ soprano clarinet A♭3
Clarinet d’amour G3
G Basset clarinet  G3
Basset horn  F3
Alto clarinet E♭3
C bass clarinet  C3
Bass clarinet  B♭2
Contra-alto clarinet E♭2
Contrabass clarinet B♭1
Octocontra-alto clarinet  E♭1
B♭ octocontrabass clarinet  B♭0
Cornet Soprano cornet E♭4
Cornet B♭3
Crotales C6
Csakan A♭4
Euphonium B♭2 When notated in treble clef
fife Folk B♭ fife A♭4
Flute D♭ piccolo D♭5
Piccolo C5
Treble flute G4
F soprano flute F4
Soprano flute E♭4
D♭ Flute D♭4
B♭ flûte d'amour B♭3
A flûte d'amour  A3
Alto flute G3
Bass flute C3
Contra-alto flute  G2
Contrabass flute  C2
Subcontrabass flute  G1
F subcontrabass flute  F1
Double contrabass flute  C1
Hyperbass flute  C0
Glockenspiel C6
Guitar Guitar C3
Handbells C5
Hardanger Fiddle D4
Horn Marching horn B♭3
Horn F3
Mellophone Mellophone F3
Oboe F piccolo oboe F4
E♭ piccolo oboe E♭4
Oboe d'amore A3
Cor anglais  F3
Heckelphone and Bass oboe  C3
Oud G2 Bolahenk tuning
Recorder Garklein recorder C6
Sopranino recorder C5/F5
Soprano recorder C5, formerly G4
B♭ Soprano recorder  B♭4
Alto recorder  F4
Voice flute D4, formerly A3
Tenor recorder C4, formerly G3
Basset recorder F3
Bass recorder C3 When notated in treble clef
Great bass recorder F2
Contrabass recorder C2
Saxhorns Flugelhorn B♭3
Tenor horn E♭3
Baritone horn  B♭2 When notated in treble clef
Saxophone Piccolo saxophone B♭4
Sopranino saxophone E♭4
Soprano saxophone B♭3
F alto saxophone  F3
Alto saxophone E♭3
C Melody Saxophone C3
Tenor saxophone B♭2
Baritone saxophone E♭2
C bass saxophone  C2
Bass saxophone B♭1
Contrabass saxophone E♭1
Subcontrabass saxophone  B♭0
Tin whistle C5 Transposes at the octave. Some whistle players treat whistles pitched higher or lower than the "standard" D tin whistle as (additionally) transposing instruments.
Trombone Tenor Trombone C4 When noted in treble clef
Alto trombone C4 Reads Alto Clef
Soprano trombone C4 May be B♭3 like a B♭ trumpet
Bass Trombone C4 The Bass Trombone is the same as the Tenor Trombone except it has a larger bore and an extra trigger
Contrabass Trombone C4 Plays the same notes as a tuba
Trumpet C Piccolo Trumpet C5
Piccolo trumpet B♭4
Piccolo Trumpet in A A4
F trumpet F4
E trumpet E4
E♭ trumpet E♭4
D trumpet D4
Trumpet B♭3
A trumpet A3
E♭ bass trumpet E♭3
D bass trumpet D3
Bass trumpet  B♭2
Tuba E♭ tuba E♭2 When notated in treble clef
B♭ tuba  B♭1 When notated in treble clef
Venova Venova C5
Alto Venova F4
Violin Treble violin  C5
Alto Violin C5
Octobass  C2
C0
Viol Double bass C3
Wagner Tuba Tenor Wagner tuba B♭3, formerly B♭2
Bass Wagner tuba  F3, formerly F2
Xylophone C5

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Macpherson, Ewan. "The Pitch and Scale of the Great Highland Bagpipe". New Zealand Pipeband (Winter 1998). Retrieved 21 Sep 2024.
  2. ^ Lehr, André (2005). Campanology Textbook: The Musical and Technical Aspect of Swinging Bells and Carillons (in Dutch). Translated by Schafer, Kimberly. The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America. p. 59. OCLC 154672090. Archived from the original on 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  3. ^ Rombouts, Luc (2014). Singing Bronze: A History of Carillon Music. Translated by Communicationwise. Leuven University Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-90-5867-956-7. Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2021-06-29.

Further reading

[edit]
  • Kennan, Kent Wheeler. The Technique of Orchestration, Second Edition. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970, 1952; ISBN 0-13-900316-9
  • Del Mar, Norman. The Anatomy of the Orchestra. University of California Press, 1981
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