Instruments in C (Concert Pitch +0)[edit]

Authorities disagree on whether instruments in this category are properly called "transposing",
but they are included here for completeness.

Very high (sounding a perfect fifteenth (two octaves) higher than written)[edit]

 Glockenspiel

 Garklein

 Crotales

High (sounding an octave higher than written)[edit]

 Piccolo

 Celesta

 Sopranino recorder, Soprano recorder, bass, and great bass recorders

 Handbells

 Tin whistle

 Xylophone

Regular (sounding the same as written; non-transposing)[edit]

Note: This section is only for instruments which are non-transposing members of families of
transposing instruments. This section should not become a list of all instruments in existence
which happen to be non-transposing.

 Flute

 Tenor recorder

 Oboe

 Bassoon

 C soprano clarinet (rare)

 C soprano saxophone
  C Trumpet

 Trombone (except in brass band music)

 Tuba (except in brass band music)

Low (sounding an octave lower than written)[edit]

 Vocal tenor parts (when written in treble clef; at times an octave G clef is used; see
Octave clef)

 Guitar (at times an octave G clef is used; see Octave clef)

 Bass guitar

 Banjo

 Cello (when written in treble clef, in old scores; this usage is obsolete)

 Double bass

 Bass flute

 C melody saxophone

 C bass clarinet (obsolete)

 Heckelphone

 Bass oboe

 Bass trumpet

 Contrabassoon

 Contraforte

Very low (CC; sounding a perfect fifteenth (two octaves) lower than written)
[edit]

 Contrabass flute (rare)

 Arpeggione (rare, sounds 1 octave below the guitar when written on the treble clef)

 C bass saxophone (very rare)

  Octobass (very rare)

Super low (CCC; sounding three octaves lower than written)[edit]

 Double contrabass flute (very rare)

Extremely low (CCCC; sounding four octaves lower than written)[edit]

 Hyperbass flute (extremely rare)

Instruments in D♭ (+1)[edit]
Very high (sounding a minor ninth (an octave and a minor second) higher than
written)[edit]

 D♭ piccolo (obsolete[citation needed])

Regular (sounding a minor second higher than written)[edit]

 Great Highland Bagpipe

Instruments in D (+2)[edit]
High (sounding a major second higher than written)[edit]

 D clarinet (rare)

 D trumpet (may also be in E♭)

Regular (sounding a minor seventh lower than written)[edit]

 D bass trumpet

Instruments in E♭ (+3)[edit]
High (sounding a minor third higher than written)[edit]

 E♭ clarinet

 E♭ trumpet

 Soprano cornet

 Sopranino saxophone
Regular (sounding a major sixth lower than written)[edit]

 Alto clarinet

 Alto saxophone

 Tenor horn

 E♭ bass trumpet

Low (sounding a major thirteenth (an octave and a major sixth) lower than
written)[edit]

 Contra-alto clarinet

 Baritone saxophone

 E♭ tuba when written in treble clef (British brass band music)

Very low (EE♭; sounding two octaves and a major sixth lower than written)[edit]

 Octocontra-alto clarinet (very rare)

 Contrabass saxophone (rare)

Instruments in E (+4)[edit]
High (sounding a major third higher than written)[edit]

 E trumpet (very rare)

Instruments in F (+5)[edit]
High (sounding a perfect fourth higher than written)[edit]

 F trumpet

 Descant horn

 F piccolo oboe

 Horn, when written in bass clef (old notation)

Regular (sounding a perfect fifth lower than written)[edit]

  Cor anglais (English horn)

 Horn. There are two complications with horn transposition. First, some older editions
write for valved horns as if they still had crooks, and thus may change the transposition
several times within a piece or movement. Second, when horn parts are written in bass
clef, they may be written an octave lower than expected, transposing up, rather than down
as in treble clef. In today's scores, horns always transpose down, even in bass clef; but the
other notation was standard well into the 20th century.[1]

 Mellophone

 Bass Wagner tuba (new notation)

 Basset horn (F Clarinet)

 F alto saxophone (rare)

Low (sounding a perfect twelfth (an octave and a perfect fifth) lower than
written)[edit]

 F baritone saxophone (very rare)

 Bass Wagner tuba (old notation)

Instruments in G (-5)[edit]
High (sounding a perfect fifth higher than written)[edit]

 Piccolo soprano bugle

 Treble flute

 Soprano recorder (old notation, then known as "fifth Flute")

Regular (sounding a perfect fourth lower than written)[edit]

 Alto flute

 G soprano clarinet

 G basset horn (obsolete)

 Soprano bugle

 Mellophone bugle
  French horn bugle

Low (sounding a perfect eleventh (an octave and a perfect fourth) lower than
written)[edit]

 Contra-alto flute (rare)

 Baritone bugle

 Euphonium bugle

 Oud (bolahenk tuning)

Very low (GG; sounding two octaves and a perfect fourth lower than written)
[edit]

 G subcontrabass flute (rare)

 Contrabass bugle

Instruments in A♭ (-4)[edit]
High (sounding a minor sixth higher than written)[edit]

 Piccolo clarinet

 Csakan (rare)

Regular (sounding a major third lower than written)[edit]

 A♭ soprano clarinet (obsolete)

 Folk B♭ fife (instrument) (uncommon)

Instruments in A (-3)[edit]
High (sounding a major sixth higher than written)[edit]

 Basset clarinet (when written in bass clef)

Regular (sounding a minor third lower than written)[edit]

 A flûte d'amour (rare Baroque instrument)

  Voice flute

 Oboe d'amore

 A soprano clarinet

 Basset clarinet (when written in treble clef)

 A trumpet

Low (sounding a minor tenth (an octave and a minor third) lower than written)
[edit]

 A bass clarinet (obsolete)

Instruments in B♭ (-2)[edit]
High (sounding a minor seventh higher than written)[edit]

 Piccolo trumpet (may also be in A)

 Sopranissimo saxophone (soprillo)

Regular (sounding a major second lower than written)[edit]

 B♭ flûte d'amour

 B♭ clarinet

 Soprano saxophone

 Tenor Wagner tuba (new notation)

 Trumpet

 Cornet

 Flugelhorn

 Bass clarinet (German notation in bass clef)

 B♭ marching horn

Low (sounding a major ninth (an octave and a major second) lower than written)
[edit]
  Bass clarinet (French notation in treble clef)

 Tenor saxophone

 Euphonium when written in treble clef

 Baritone horn when written in treble clef

 Tenor trombone when written in treble clef

 Tenor Wagner tuba (old notation)

Very low (BB♭; sounding two octaves and a major second lower than written)
[edit]

 B♭ tuba when written in treble clef (British brass band music)

 Contrabass clarinet

 Bass saxophone

Super low (BBB♭; sounding three octaves and a major second lower than
written)[edit]

 B♭ octocontrabass clarinet (very rare)

 Subcontrabass saxophone (very rare)

Instruments in B (-1)[edit]
Regular (sounding a minor second lower than written)[edit]

 B soprano clarinet (obsolete)