©shedthemusic.com Transposing Instrument Chart The following instruments are transposing instruments. The notes sound different from where they are written. Instrument Sounds Interval of Transposition Guitar Up one octave Piccolo Down one octave Clarinet (Bb) Up a Major 2nd Bass Clarinet (Bb) Up a Major 9th Soprano Sax (Bb) Up a Major 2nd Alto Sax (Eb) Up a Major 6th Tenor Sax (Bb) Up a Major 9th Bari Sax (Eb) Up one octave plus a Major 6th French Horn (F) Up a perfect 5th Trumpet (Bb) Up a major 2nd Double Bass Up one octave Xylophone Down one octave Glockenspiel Down two octaves Written