José Rodríguez Alvira
In the next table we show the clefs that must be used by a player when reading a part that has not been transposed for the instrument or by a composer or arranger that would like to transpose the part for one of these instruments:
Instrument | Needed Transposition |
Clef | Transposing Key (assumes C major as original key) |
---|---|---|---|
Alto Flute (G) |
Perfect 4th Ascending |
F | |
English Horn | Perfect 5th Ascending |
G | |
Clarinet in Bb | Major 2nd Ascending |
D | |
Clarinet in A | Minor 3rd Ascending |
Eb | |
Clarinet in Eb | Minor 3rd Descending |
A | |
Bass Clarinet (Bb) |
Major 9th Ascending |
D | |
Soprano Saxophone (Bb) |
Major 2nd Ascending |
D | |
Alto Saxophone (Eb) |
Major 6th Ascending |
A | |
Tenor Saxophone (Bb) |
Major 9th Ascending |
D | |
Baritone Saxophone (Eb) |
Major 6th + 1 octave Ascending |
A | |
Trumpet in Bb | Major 2nd Ascending |
D | |
Horn in F | Perfect 5th Ascending |
G |