transposing

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of transpose

noun

  1. A transposition.

adj

  1. (music) a musical instrument that is written in a different pitch to how it sounds, often for ease of playing multiple instruments of the same family that have different ranges.
    Trumpet is a transposing instrument while trombone is not.

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