Transposing

List of transposing instruments

List of transposing instruments

List of transposing instruments

Instrument familyInstrument nameComment
celestaTenor CelestaSounding range: 4 Octaves is C3-C7, 5 octaves is C2-C7 or F2-F7, and 5 1/2 octaves is C2-F7
clarinetB♭ Piccolo Clarinet
Basset clarinetan A Soprano Clarinet w/ an Extended range (when written in bass clef)
A♭ Piccolo clarinet

  1. What instruments can transpose?
  2. Is the violin a transposing instrument?
  3. Is oboe a transposing instrument?
  4. Is the guitar a transposing instrument?

What instruments can transpose?

Transposing musical instrument, instrument that produces a higher or lower pitch than indicated in music written for it. Examples include clarinets, the English horn, and saxophones. Musical notation written for transposing instruments shows the relative pitches, rather than the exact pitches, produced.

Is the violin a transposing instrument?

Instruments such as the piano, flute, violin, viola, and cello are not transposing instruments. ... Transposing allows, for instance, an alto sax (an Eb instrument) and tenor sax (a Bb instrument) player to see the same notes on the page and use the same fingerings.

Is oboe a transposing instrument?

The following are NOT transposing instruments: Flute, oboe, bassoon. Trombone, tuba. Violin, viola, cello.

Is the guitar a transposing instrument?

In fact, the classical guitar is a transposing instrument because the sounded note is an octave below the notated note. Other examples include the descant recorder (which is an octave above notation), which explains why it can apparently play lower than the (non-transposing treble recorder) - it can't!

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