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Transposing Instrument ChartThe following instruments are transposing instruments. The notes sound different from where they are written.

Instrument Sounds Interval of Transposition

Guitar Up one octave

Piccolo Down one octave

Clarinet (Bb) Up a Major 2nd

Bass Clarinet (Bb) Up a Major 9th

Soprano Sax (Bb) Up a Major 2nd

Alto Sax (Eb) Up a Major 6th

Tenor Sax (Bb) Up a Major 9th

Bari Sax (Eb) Up one octave plus a Major 6th

French Horn (F) Up a perfect 5th

Trumpet (Bb) Up a major 2nd

Double Bass Up one octave

Xylophone Down one octave

Glockenspiel Down two octaves

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