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  2. List of transposing instruments - Wikipedia

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    May be B ♭ 3 like a B ♭ trumpet Bass Trombone C4 The Bass Trombone is the same as the Tenor Trombone except it has a larger bore and an extra trigger Contrabass Trombone C4 Plays the same notes as a tuba Trumpet: C Piccolo Trumpet: C 5: Piccolo trumpet: B ♭ 4: Piccolo Trumpet in A A 4: F trumpet F 4: E trumpet E 4: E ♭ trumpet E ♭ 4 ...

  3. Transposing instrument - Wikipedia

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    A transposing instrument is a musical instrument for which music notation is not written at concert pitch (concert pitch is the pitch on a non-transposing instrument such as the piano). 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 ...

  4. Trumpet - Wikipedia

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    There are many distinct types of trumpet. The most common is a transposing instrument pitched in B ♭ with a tubing length of about 1.48 m (4 ft 10 in). The cornet is similar to the trumpet but has a conical bore (the trumpet has a cylindrical bore) and its tubing is generally wound differently.

  5. Concert pitch - Wikipedia

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    The written pitches for transposing instruments do not match those of non-transposing instruments. For example, a written C on a B ♭ clarinet or trumpet sounds as a non-transposing instrument's B ♭. The term "concert pitch" is used to refer to the pitch on a non-transposing instrument, to distinguish it from the transposing instrument's ...

  6. Tuba - Wikipedia

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    Tuba is Latin for "trumpet". [3] ... Consequently, when its music is written in treble clef, the tuba is a transposing instrument but not when the music is in bass clef.

  7. Pitch of brass instruments - Wikipedia

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    For many transposing brass instruments, this range is written as extending from F♯ below middle C to E two octaves and a third above middle C. The orchestral horn is an exception as it was classically assigned a range beginning at its fourth harmonic.

  8. Category:B-flat instruments - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Piccolo trumpet - Wikipedia

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    The piccolo trumpet solo in the Beatles' "Penny Lane", which introduced the instrument to pop music, was played by David Mason. Paul McCartney was dissatisfied with the initial attempts at the song's instrumental fill (one of which is released on Anthology 2), and was inspired to use the instrument after seeing Mason's performance in a BBC television broadcast of the second Brandenburg ...