Transposing instrument
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transposing-instrument-309-1166439
title:
Transposing instrument
text:
A transposing instrument is a musical instrument for which music notation is not written at concert pitch. For example, playing a written middle C on a transposing instrument produces a pitch other than middle C; that sounding pitch identifies the interval of transposition when describing the instrument. Playing a written C on clarinet or soprano saxophone produces a concert B♭, so these are referred to as B♭ instruments. Providing transposed music for these instruments is a convention of musica
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Musical instrument for which notated pitch differs from sounding pitch
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposing_instrument
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2023-11-03T13:04:54Z
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