LilyPond Music Glossary: 1.65 concert pitch

## 1.65 concert pitch

ES: en Do, tono de concierto, I: intonazione reale, F: tonalité de concert, en ut, D: Kammerton, NL: ?, DK: ?, S: ?, FI: konserttikorkeus.

The pitch at which the piano and other nontransposing instruments play: such instruments are said to be ‘in C’. The following list includes some (but not all) instruments that play in concert pitch:

Woodwinds | Strings
--- | ---
flute oboe bassoon | violin viola violoncello

Instruments that play ‘in C’ but in a different octave than what is written are, technically speaking, transposing instruments:

- piccolo (plays an octave higher than written)
- celesta (plays an octave higher than written)
- classical guitar (plays an octave lower than written)
- double bass (plays an octave lower than written)

#### See also

transposing instrument.

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