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In practical usage, concert pitch is almost always interchangeable with sounding pitch.

concert pitch - The pitch at which the note name matches the standard frequencies for that pitch.

written pitch - The pitch as written on the music.

sounding pitch - The pitch that an instrument produces.

Musicians use the following terms to discuss transposing instruments.

For example, when a B-flat clarinet sees a written ‘C’, that pitch will sound as a ‘B-flat’.

Terminologyįor various practical and historical reasons, transposing instruments produce a different sounding pitch than the one written on the page. Now that we have a functional understanding of diatonic harmony, we can begin analyzing scores that use instruments other than voice or piano, but to so, you will need to understand how to read music composed for transposing instruments. 12a Lesson - Instrumental Transpositions and Ranges