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The term "concert pitch" is also used to distinguish between the "written" (or "nominal"), and "sounding" (or "real") notes of a transposing instrument, i.e. concert pitch may refer to the sounding pitch on a non-transposing instrument. ... This pitch is referred to as "concert B♭".
What are concert pitch instruments?
So, we use the piano's notes as "concert pitch". Flutes, oboes, bassoons, trombones, tubas, baritones reading bass clef and all string instruments are concert pitch instruments: when they play a C it sounds like a C on the piano. They don't have to transpose.
Why is 440 Hz concert pitch?
This standard was taken up by the International Organization for Standardization in 1955 (reaffirmed by them in 1975) as ISO 16. It is designated A4 in scientific pitch notation because it occurs in the octave that starts with the fourth C key on a standard 88-key piano keyboard.
Is cello a concert pitch?
Instrument Transpositions
There are many non-transposing instruments, instruments where concert pitch and written pitch are the same. Violin, viola, cello, flute, oboe, bassoon, trombone, etc. all play in concert pitch. ... This means when they play their written C, it sounds like a Bb in concert pitch.
