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transposing instrument
noun
- a musical instrument played at a pitch different from that indicated in the score.
transposing instrument
noun
- a musical instrument, esp a horn or clarinet, pitched in a key other than C major, but whose music is written down as if its basic scale were C major. A piece of music in the key of F intended to be played on a horn pitched in F is therefore written down a fourth lower than an ordinary part in that key and has the same key signature as a part written in C
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Word History and Origins
Origin of transposing instrument1
First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences
Like the clarinet, the basset horn is a transposing instrument, its music being written a fifth higher than the actual sounds.
From Project Gutenberg
It sounds an octave lower than the music written for it, being what is called a transposing instrument of sixteen-foot tone.
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For this reason the clarinet is called a transposing instrument.
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