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Re: Why transposing instruments?

Author: Matt74
Date: 2017-12-25 03:52

See above...

An instrument is transposing if its notation is not written at concert pitch.

The clef changes the line or space C is on, but doesn’t “transpose” the music away from concert pitch.

I don’t know much about brass, except that they come in various keys.

Some instruments (like the F recorder) are said to be in a key other than C, but are not transposing. Instead of transposing the written music, you change the fingering. Music for the F recorder is all written at concert pitch. A “C” written on the page sounds like a C on the piano, so it’s not transposing. It’s called “an instrument in F” because xxx|xxx x sounds like an F on the piano. It’s written as an F, so it’s not transposing.

You could have a horn in any key you wanted and make it a “transposing instrument” or a “concert pitch instrument”. So you are partly right, it’s not really the instrument that makes it transposing or not, it’s a choice we make.

- Matthew Simington

Post Edited (2017-12-25 08:24)

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