# List of transposing instruments

This is a list of transposing instruments and their transposition. Transposing instruments are instruments for which the convention is to write music notation transposed relative to concert pitch.
| Instrument family | Instrument name | The note C$_4$ written down produces: | Comment |
| Accordion | D♭ piano accordion | D♭$_4$ | |
| Accordion | Bass accordion | C$_2$ | |
| Arpeggione | Arpeggione | C$_2$/C$_3$ | |
| Bagpipe | Great Highland bagpipe | variable D♭$_{4-}$ D$_4$ | A minority of bagpipes, made for playing with other instruments, are exactly D♭$_4$ (referred to as B♭, relative to the tonic note A rather than C). Most bagpipes are sharper than this, between D♭$_4$ and D$_4$.$_.$ |
| Bagpipe | Northumbrian smallpipes in F or F+ | B♭$_4$ for F (~20 cents sharp for F+) | Older and traditionally made instruments use a pitch sharp of F described as F+ (F-plus) |
| Banjo | Banjo | C$_3$ | |
| Banjo | Tenor banjo | C$_3$ | |
| Bassoon | Tenoroon | F$_4$ | |
| Bassoon | Contrabassoon | C$_3$ |
| Bugle | Soprano bugle Mellophone bugle French horn bugle | G$_3$ | |
| Bugle | Baritone bugle Euphonium bugle | G$_2$ | |
| Bugle | Contrabass bugle | G$_1$ | |
| Carillon | Carillon | Various | Since they are seldom played in concert with other instruments and carillonneurs need standardized sheet music, carillons often transpose to a variety of keys—whichever is advantageous for the particular installation; many transposing carillons weigh little, have many bells, or were constructed on limited funds. 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. |
| Celesta | Celesta | C$_5$ | |
| Clarinet | A♭ clarinet | A♭$_4$ | |
| Clarinet | E♭ clarinet | E♭$_4$ | |
| Clarinet | D clarinet | D$_4$ | |
| Clarinet | B soprano clarinet | B$_3$ | |
| Clarinet | B♭ clarinet | B♭$_3$ | |
| Clarinet | A soprano clarinet | A$_3$ | |
| Clarinet | Basset clarinet | A$_3$ | |
| Clarinet | A♭ soprano clarinet | A♭$_3$ | |
| Clarinet | Clarinet d’amour | G$_3$ | |
| Clarinet | G Basset clarinet | G$_3$ | |
| Clarinet | Basset horn | F$_3$ | |
| Clarinet | Alto clarinet | E♭$_3$ | |
| Clarinet | C bass clarinet | C$_3$ | |
| Clarinet | Bass clarinet | B♭$_2$ | |
| Clarinet | Contra-alto clarinet | E♭$_2$ | |
| Clarinet | Contrabass clarinet | B♭$_1$ | |
| Clarinet | Octocontra-alto clarinet | E♭$_1$ | |
| Clarinet | B♭ octocontrabass clarinet | B♭$_0$ | |
| Cornet | Soprano cornet | E♭$_4$ | |
| Cornet | Cornet | B♭$_3$ | |
| Crotales | Crotales | C$_6$ | |
| Csakan | Csakan | A♭$_4$ | |
| Euphonium | Euphonium | B♭$_2$ | When notated in treble clef |
| fife | Folk B♭ fife | A♭$_4$ | |
| Flute | D♭ piccolo | D♭$_5$ | |
| Flute | Piccolo | C$_5$ | |
| Flute | Treble flute | G$_4$ | |
| Flute | F soprano flute | F$_4$ | |
| Flute | Soprano flute | E♭$_4$ | |
| Flute | D♭ Flute | D♭$_4$ | |
| Flute | B♭ flûte d'amour | B♭$_3$ | |
| Flute | A flûte d'amour | A$_3$ | |
| Flute | Alto flute | G$_3$ | |
| Flute | Bass flute | C$_3$ | |
| Flute | Contra-alto flute | G$_2$ | |
| Flute | Contrabass flute | C$_2$ | |
| Flute | Subcontrabass flute | G$_1$ | |
| Flute | F subcontrabass flute | F$_1$ | |
| Flute | Double contrabass flute | C$_1$ | |
| Flute | Hyperbass flute | C$_0$ | |
| Glockenspiel | Glockenspiel | C$_6$ | |
| Guitar | Guitar | C$_3$ | |
| Handbells | Handbells | C$_5$ | |
| Hardanger Fiddle | Hardanger Fiddle | D$_4$ | |
| Horn | Marching horn | B♭$_3$ | |
| Horn | Horn | F$_3$ | |
| Mellophone | Mellophone | F$_3$ | |
| Oboe | F piccolo oboe | F$_4$ | |
| Oboe | E♭ piccolo oboe | E♭$_4$ | |
| Oboe | Oboe d'amore | A$_3$ | |
| Oboe | Cor anglais | F$_3$ | |
| Oboe | Heckelphone and Bass oboe | C$_3$ | |
| Oud | Oud | G$_2$ | Bolahenk tuning |
| Recorder | Garklein recorder | C$_6$ | |
| Recorder | Sopranino recorder | C$_5$/F$_5$ | |
| Recorder | Soprano recorder | C$_5$, formerly G$_4$ | |
| Recorder | B♭ Soprano recorder | B♭$_4$ | |
| Recorder | Alto recorder | F$_4$ | |
| Recorder | Voice flute | D$_4$, formerly A$_3$ | |
| Recorder | Tenor recorder | C$_4$, formerly G$_3$ | |
| Recorder | Basset recorder | F$_3$ | |
| Recorder | Bass recorder | C$_3$ | When notated in treble clef |
| Recorder | Great bass recorder | F$_2$ | |
| Recorder | Contrabass recorder | C$_2$ | |
| Saxhorns | Flugelhorn | B♭$_3$ | |
| Saxhorns | Tenor horn | E♭$_3$ | |
| Saxhorns | Baritone horn | B♭$_2$ | When notated in treble clef |
| Saxophone | Piccolo saxophone | B♭$_4$ | |
| Saxophone | Sopranino saxophone | E♭$_4$ | |
| Saxophone | Soprano saxophone | B♭$_3$ | |
| Saxophone | F alto saxophone | F$_3$ | |
| Saxophone | Alto saxophone | E♭$_3$ | |
| Saxophone | C Melody Saxophone | C$_3$ | |
| Saxophone | Tenor saxophone | B♭$_2$ | |
| Saxophone | Baritone saxophone | E♭$_2$ | |
| Saxophone | C bass saxophone | C$_2$ | |
| Saxophone | Bass saxophone | B♭$_1$ | |
| Saxophone | Contrabass saxophone | E♭$_1$ | |
| Saxophone | Subcontrabass saxophone | B♭$_0$ | |
| Tin whistle | Tin whistle | C$_5$ | Transposes at the octave. Some whistle players treat whistles pitched higher or lower than the "standard" D tin whistle as (additionally) transposing instruments. |
| Trombone | Tenor Trombone | C4 | When noted in treble clef |
| Trombone | Alto trombone | C4 | Reads Alto Clef |
| Trombone | Soprano trombone | C4 | May be B♭$_3$ like a B♭ trumpet |
| Trombone | Bass Trombone | C4 | The Bass Trombone is the same as the Tenor Trombone except it has a larger bore and an extra trigger |
| Trombone | Contrabass Trombone | C4 | Plays the same notes as a tuba |
| Trumpet | C Piccolo Trumpet | C$_5$ | |
| Trumpet | Piccolo trumpet | B♭$_4$ | |
| Trumpet | Piccolo Trumpet in A | A$_4$ | |
| Trumpet | F trumpet | F$_4$ | |
| Trumpet | E trumpet | E$_4$ | |
| Trumpet | E♭ trumpet | E♭$_4$ | |
| Trumpet | D trumpet | D$_4$ | |
| Trumpet | Trumpet | B♭$_3$ | |
| Trumpet | A trumpet | A$_3$ | |
| Trumpet | E♭ bass trumpet | E♭$_3$ | |
| Trumpet | D bass trumpet | D$_3$ | |
| Trumpet | Bass trumpet | B♭$_2$ | |
| Tuba | E♭ tuba | E♭$_2$ | When notated in treble clef |
| Tuba | B♭ tuba | B♭$_1$ | When notated in treble clef |
| Venova | Venova | C$_5$ | |
| Venova | Alto Venova | F$_4$ | |
| Violin | Treble violin | C$_5$ | |
| Violin | Alto Violin | C$_5$ | |
| Violin | Octobass | C$_2$ | |
| Violin | Octobass | C$_0$ | |
| Viol | Double bass | C$_3$ | |
| Wagner Tuba | Tenor Wagner tuba | B♭$_3$, formerly B♭$_2$ | |
| Wagner Tuba | Bass Wagner tuba | F$_3$, formerly F$_2$ | |
| Xylophone | Xylophone | C$_5$ | |