Transpose music from Key to Key - 2 octaves shown vertically

Key of :
C
(piano) Piano HalfKeyboard Steps Full Notes first C (tonic) 0 first DO C C#/Db 1 D 2 second RE D D#/Eb 3 E 4 third MI E

Db

D
second

Eb

E
(guitar)

F F G A Bb C D E F G A Bb B C D E F 40

Gb

G
fifth

Ab

A
sixth

Bb
(brass)

Piano

B Treble
seventh

third fourth

Clef Key bbbbb

D E F# G A B C# D E F# G Ab A B C# D 40 40

E F# G# A B C# D# E F# G# A Bb B C# D# E 40 40

G A B C D E F# G A B C Db D E F# G 40 40 40

A B C# D E F# G# A B C# D Eb E F# G# A 40

Bb

B C# ##
bbb

D# #### E F# #
bbbb b

F G A

(subdom.)

fourth FA

F G A B C D E F Gb G A B C 40

F#/Gb
dominant

G#/Ab A#/Bb B C D D#/Eb E F

(subdom.)

(tonic) C#/Db

6 7 fifth SO 8 9 sixth LA 10 11 seventh TI 12/0 8/1 DO 1 2 2 RE 3 4 3 MI 5 4 FA SO LA TI DO 40

G# ###
bb

A# ##### B C# D# E F F# G# A# B 40 40 40

6 G dominant 7 5 G#/Ab 8 A 9 6 A#/Bb 10 B 11 7 1 C (tonic) 0 65 53 40 40 768

F#/Gb

Simplified Diagram: Transpose Music from Key to Key - 1 octave shown Piano Transposition Summary Table Musical Note Half Steps Full Notes nth Note Key of C C 0 DO
first

Db 1 -

D 2 RE
second

Eb 3 -

E 4 MI

F 5 FA -

Gb 6

G 7 SO fifth

Ab 8

A 9

Bb 10

B 11 TI

C 12 DO

LA sixth

third fourth

seventh eighth

C
C#/Db

F G A
Bb c

G A B
C c

A c

C D E F G A B C

Key of D

D
D#/Eb

F#

B c

C#

Key of E Key of F

E
F F#/Gb

F# G

G# A

C# D

D# E

Key of G

G
G#/Fb

B c

C D
E

D E
F#

F#

Key of A

A
A#/Bb c c B

C#

F#

G#

Key of B Key of C -

C# D

D# E

G# A

A# B

Example: If music in the Key of C indicates playing an E note, that note would be a

B note in the key of G. The blanks are left for the student to fill in - and to reduce clutter - and to show the pattern. Keyboard instruments are based on the key of C, the guitar on the key of E (or F), and brass instruments on the key of B flat.