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An increasing number of new carillons have been installed in concert pitch as a result of the desire to establish the carillon as a full-fledged concert instrument. [3] Celesta: C 5: Clarinet A ♭ clarinet: A ♭ 4: E ♭ clarinet: E ♭ 4: D clarinet: D 4: B soprano clarinet: B 3: B ♭ clarinet: B ♭ 3: A soprano clarinet: A 3: Basset ...
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 ...
There are two further kinds of transposition, by pitch interval or by pitch interval class, applied to pitches or pitch classes, respectively. Transposition may be applied to pitches or to pitch classes. [1] For example, the pitch A 4, or 9, transposed by a major third, or the pitch interval 4: + = while that pitch class, 9, transposed by a ...
The instrument's timbre, with a relatively soft attack and mellow sound, aids it in its ability to blend into the overall band sound, along with the other members of the saxhorn family. Modern tenor horn manufacturers aim to create instruments with improved power and projection, whilst preserving their characteristic mellow tone.
The following table provides the pitch of the second harmonic (the lowest playable resonance on most brass instruments, an octave above the fundamental frequency) and length for some common brass instruments in descending order of pitch. This pitch is notated transpositionally as middle C for many of these brass instruments.
Tuba in E-flat (written at concert pitch when using the bass clef, only transposing when written in treble clef) Circular altohorn (Koenig horn) pitched in E ♭ Tenor cornet; Mellophone; Alto trombone; Vocal horn (cornet with an upward-facing bell) Duplex horn (Gemelli) pitched in E ♭ Tenor horn (with a forward-facing bell)
This is a category for all transposing instruments that sound music written in the key of C in the key of B ♭, regardless of octave. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
While the expression middle C is generally clear across instruments and clefs, some musicians naturally use the term to refer to the C note in the middle of their specific instrument's range. C 4 (approximately 261.626 Hz [ 3 ] ) may be called Low C by someone playing a Western concert flute , which has a higher and narrower playing range than ...