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  2. List of transposing instruments - Wikipedia

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    When notated in treble clef B ♭ tuba B ♭ 1: When notated in treble clef Venova: Venova: C 5: Alto Venova: F 4: Violin: Treble violin C 5: Alto Violin: C 5: Octobass C 2: C 0: Viol: Double bass: C 3: Wagner Tuba: Tenor Wagner tuba B ♭ 3, formerly B ♭ 2: Bass Wagner tuba F 3, formerly F 2: Xylophone: C 5

  3. Clef - Wikipedia

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    Soprano = treble clef (second-line G clef) Alto = treble clef; Tenor = treble clef with an 8 below or a double treble clef. Many pieces, particularly those from before the 21st century, use an unaltered treble clef, with the expectation the tenors will still sing an octave lower than notated. Bass = bass clef (fourth-line F clef)

  4. Alto recorder - Wikipedia

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    The alto recorder in F, also known as a treble (and, historically, as consort flute and common flute) is a member of the recorder family. Up until the 17th century the alto instrument was normally in G 4 instead of F 4. [1] [2] Its standard range is F 4 to G 6. The alto is between the soprano and tenor in size, and is correspondingly ...

  5. Recorder (musical instrument) - Wikipedia

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    Recorder parts in the Baroque were typically notated using the treble clef, although they may also be notated in French violin clef (G clef on the bottom line of the staff). In modern usage, recorders not in C or F are alternatively referred to using the name of the closest instrument in C or F, followed by the lowest note.

  6. Transposing instrument - Wikipedia

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    Some instruments are constructed in a variety of sizes, with the larger versions having a lower range than the smaller ones. Common examples are clarinets (the high E ♭ clarinet, soprano instruments in C, B ♭ and A, the alto in E ♭, and the bass in B ♭), flutes (the piccolo, transposing at the octave, the standard concert-pitch flute, and the alto flute in G), saxophones (in several ...

  7. Transposition (music) - Wikipedia

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    Seven clefs are used for this: treble (2nd line G-clef), bass (4th line F-clef), baritone (3rd line F-clef or 5th line C-clef, although in France and Belgium sight-reading exercises for this clef, as a preparation for clef transposition practice, are always printed with the 3rd line F-clef), and C-clefs on the four lowest lines; these allow any ...

  8. Alto clarinet - Wikipedia

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    The range of the alto clarinet is from the concert G 2 or G ♭ 2 (in the second octave below middle C, bottom line of the bass clef) to E ♭ 6 (in the second octave above middle C), with the exact upper end of the range depending on the skill of the player. Despite the broad range, the instrument is always scored in the treble clef.

  9. Contra-alto flute - Wikipedia

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    The contra-alto flute is a large member of the flute family, pitched between the bass and the contrabass.It is a transposing instrument either in G (a perfect fourth below the bass and one octave below the alto) or in F (a perfect fifth below the bass and a major ninth below the alto).