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 C₄ written down produces:	Comment
Accordion	D♭ piano accordion	D♭₄
Accordion	Bass accordion	C₂
Arpeggione		C₂/C₃
Bagpipe	Great Highland bagpipe	variable D♭_{4 -} D₄	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 D₄.^[1]_.
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	C₃
Banjo	Tenor banjo	C₃
Bassoon	Tenoroon	F₄
Bassoon	Contrabassoon	C₃
Bugle	Soprano bugle Mellophone bugle French horn bugle	G₃
	Baritone bugle Euphonium bugle	G₂
	Contrabass bugle	G₁
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.^[2] 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.^[3]
Celesta		C₅
Clarinet	A♭ clarinet	A♭₄
	E♭ clarinet	E♭₄
	D clarinet	D₄
	B soprano clarinet	B₃
	B♭ clarinet	B♭₃
	A soprano clarinet	A₃
	Basset clarinet	A₃
	A♭ soprano clarinet	A♭₃
	Clarinet d’amour	G₃
	G Basset clarinet	G₃
	Basset horn	F₃
	Alto clarinet	E♭₃
	C bass clarinet	C₃
	Bass clarinet	B♭₂
	Contra-alto clarinet	E♭₂
	Contrabass clarinet	B♭₁
	Octocontra-alto clarinet	E♭₁
	B♭ octocontrabass clarinet	B♭₀
Cornet	Soprano cornet	E♭₄
Cornet	Cornet	B♭₃
Crotales		C₆
Csakan		A♭₄
Euphonium		B♭₂	When notated in treble clef
fife	Folk B♭ fife	A♭₄
Flute	D♭ piccolo	D♭₅
	Piccolo	C₅
	Treble flute	G₄
	F soprano flute	F₄
	Soprano flute	E♭₄
	D♭ Flute	D♭₄
	B♭ flûte d'amour	B♭₃
	A flûte d'amour	A₃
	Alto flute	G₃
	Bass flute	C₃
	Contra-alto flute	G₂
	Contrabass flute	C₂
	Subcontrabass flute	G₁
	F subcontrabass flute	F₁
	Double contrabass flute	C₁
	Hyperbass flute	C₀
Glockenspiel		C₆
Guitar	Guitar	C₃
Handbells		C₅
Hardanger Fiddle		D₄
Horn	Marching horn	B♭₃
Horn	Horn	F₃
Mellophone	Mellophone	F₃
Oboe	F piccolo oboe	F₄
	E♭ piccolo oboe	E♭₄
	Oboe d'amore	A₃
	Cor anglais	F₃
	Heckelphone and Bass oboe	C₃
Oud		G₂	Bolahenk tuning
Recorder	Garklein recorder	C₆
	Sopranino recorder	C₅/F₅
	Soprano recorder	C₅, formerly G₄
	B♭ Soprano recorder	B♭₄
	Alto recorder	F₄
	Voice flute	D₄, formerly A₃
	Tenor recorder	C₄, formerly G₃
	Basset recorder	F₃
	Bass recorder	C₃	When notated in treble clef
	Great bass recorder	F₂
	Contrabass recorder	C₂
Saxhorns	Flugelhorn	B♭₃
	Tenor horn	E♭₃
	Baritone horn	B♭₂	When notated in treble clef
Saxophone	Piccolo saxophone	B♭₄
	Sopranino saxophone	E♭₄
	Soprano saxophone	B♭₃
	F alto saxophone	F₃
	Alto saxophone	E♭₃
	C Melody Saxophone	C₃
	Tenor saxophone	B♭₂
	Baritone saxophone	E♭₂
	C bass saxophone	C₂
	Bass saxophone	B♭₁
	Contrabass saxophone	E♭₁
	Subcontrabass saxophone	B♭₀
Tin whistle		C₅	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
	Alto trombone	C4	Reads Alto Clef
	Soprano trombone	C4	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	C₅
	Piccolo trumpet	B♭₄
	Piccolo Trumpet in A	A₄
	F trumpet	F₄
	E trumpet	E₄
	E♭ trumpet	E♭₄
	D trumpet	D₄
	Trumpet	B♭₃
	A trumpet	A₃
	E♭ bass trumpet	E♭₃
	D bass trumpet	D₃
	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	C₅
Venova	Alto Venova	F₄
Violin	Treble violin	C₅
	Alto Violin	C₅
	Octobass	C₂
	Octobass	C₀
Viol	Double bass	C₃
Wagner Tuba	Tenor Wagner tuba	B♭₃, formerly B♭₂
Wagner Tuba	Bass Wagner tuba	F₃, formerly F₂
Xylophone		C₅