transposeł (transpoz)

[ This man was very perfit and fortunate in these trans poses . Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, ii. (canceled [pages). ( Davies .) transposer (trans-pō'sér), n. [ transpose + -er1.] One who transposes. Imp . Dict. transposing (trans-po'zing), p . a . Serving to transpose; effecting transposition.- Transposing instrument, a musical instrument which is constructed or adjusted to be played in a given tonality, as a B-flat clarinet, but the music for which is customarily written in another tonality, usually that of C. Music for various instruments - mostly wind-instruments, such as clarinets, trumpets, horns, etc., and also double ba es and tympani - is habitually thus written. The name is more or le deceptive, since all that is meant by writing such music nominally in the key (tonality) of C is that the desired tones have certain tonal relations-that is, are definitely related to a key-note, the pitch of that key-note being fixed by the construction or the adjustment of the instrument. Accordingly, a generalized notation, like that of the tonic sol-fa system, is more appropriate, in which the tonal relations are indicated irrespective of the absolute pitch of the key-note. Transposing pianoforte, a pianoforte on which transposition can be effected by purely mechanical means. In some cases the strings are moved without disturbing the keyboard; in some the keyboard is shifted bodily, and in some the keyboard is made in duplicate, the upper s being movable over the lower. One of the last-mentioned devices is called trans posit eur . Transposing organs, harpsichords, etc., have also been made.Transposing scale. See model , 7 ( a ) (1).