transposing instrument

instrument for which music is conventionally written transposed to a different pitch
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transposing instrument
Max Reger (1873-1916) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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transposing instrument

Summary

transposing instrument is a type of musical instrument[1]. It draws 204 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #115 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • transposing instrument's image is recorded as Der 100. Psalm Max Reger.jpg[3].
  • transposing instrument's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[4].
  • transposing instrument's GND ID is recorded as 4745609-7[5].
  • transposing instrument's subclass of is recorded as musical instrument[6].
  • transposing instrument's Commons category is recorded as Transposing instruments[7].
  • transposing instrument's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fp6g[8].
  • transposing instrument's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Transposing instruments[9].
  • transposing instrument's facet of is recorded as figuring[10].
  • transposing instrument's facet of is recorded as transposition[11].
  • transposing instrument's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0214983[12].
  • transposing instrument's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[13].
  • transposing instrument's described by source is recorded as Muzykal’naya entsiklopediya[14].
  • transposing instrument's described by source is recorded as Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15)[15].
  • transposing instrument's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/transposing-musical-instrument[16].
  • transposing instrument's Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID is recorded as 4255[17].
  • transposing instrument's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as transpositor-0[18].

Why It Matters

transposing instrument draws 204 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #115 of 399).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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