Assertion: bass | /r/HasProperty | transposing instrument
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text: The bass is a transposing instrument and is typically notated one octave higher than tuned to avoid excessive ledger lines below the staff.
text: In symphonies from the Classical period, a single bassline was often written for the cellos and basses; however, since the bass is a transposing instrument, and it is notated an octave higher than it sounds, when cellos and basses play the same bassline, the line is performed in octaves, with the basses an octave below the cellos.