TABLE OF TRANSPOSING INSTRUMENTS INSTRUMENT Key ACTUAL SOUNDS Piccolos e cone octave higher D-ftat a minor ninth higher Alto Flute G «perfect fourth lower Oboe d’ Amore A ‘a minor thitd lower English Hora F a perfect fifth lower Clarinets Esflat a minor thied higher D 1 major second higher c as written Belat a major second lower A a minor third lower Alto Clarinet E-flat 2 major sixth lower Bass Clarinet Beflat a major ninth lower Contrabassoon one octave lower Saxophones Soprano Alto Tenor Baritone Bass Horns*™ ‘a major second lower ‘a major sixth lower a major ninth lower an octave and major sixth lower two octaves and major second lows a major second lower a minor third lower a perfect fourth lower a perfect fifth lower ‘a minor sixth lower fat a major sixth lower A iS F c E D minor seventh lower c B F E cone octave lower flat basso 1 major ninth lower 4 perfect fourth higher 4 major third higher E-fiat a minor third higher D 4 major second higher ¢ as written Beat 8 major second lower A a minor third lowor Double Bass fone octave lower Trumpets When low notes for the horns are written on the bass staff, the Blut basso horn sourtds a major second lower thaa written, the C horn where written, and all the other horns higher than written: the horn in D'a major sevond higher, the horn in E-flat a minor third higher, the hoen in E a major third higher, the horn in F a perfect fourth higher, the horn in Ga perfect fifth higher, the hor in A a major sixth higher. and the horn in Belat alto a minor seventh higher. Some twentieth-century composers have tried to correct this iMlogical procedure by writing notes on the bass staff so that they sound lower than written, just as on the treble staf: in this case, in order to avoid misunderstanding, a