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French Horn Transposition Chart

This document is a reference chart summarizing the different key signatures that French horns can be tuned to, and how they transpose relative to written pitch. It lists the most common horn keys such as F, E, E-flat and D, as well as less frequently used keys like A, G and F-sharp. For each key, the chart provides the interval of transposition from written pitch, examples of usage, and terminology in different languages.

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French Horn Transposition Chart

This document is a reference chart summarizing the different key signatures that French horns can be tuned to, and how they transpose relative to written pitch. It lists the most common horn keys such as F, E, E-flat and D, as well as less frequently used keys like A, G and F-sharp. For each key, the chart provides the interval of transposition from written pitch, examples of usage, and terminology in different languages.

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Horn Transposition Reference Chart

KEY INTERVAL* OCCURRENCE EXAMPLE*

Horn in C (alto) up P5 Rare

Horn in B-flat (alto) up P4 Less Common

Horn in A (alto)
up M3 Less Common
A – German; La - French, Italian

Horn in G
up M2 Less Common
G – German; Sol – French, Italian

Horn in F-sharp
Fis – German; fa dièse – French; up m2 Extremely Rare
Fa diesis – Italian

Horn in E
down m2 Common
E – German; Mi - French

Horn in E-flat
Es – German; Mi bémol – French; down M2 Common
Mi bemolle – Italian

Horn in D
down m3 Common
D – German; Re - French, Italian

Horn in D-flat Very Rare (symphonic)


Des – German; Re bémol– French; down M3 Rare (operatic)
Re bemolle – Italian

Horn in C
C – German; Ut – French; down P4 Fairly Common
Do – Italian

Horn in B-natural
H – German; Si – French; down TT Rare
Si basso – Italian

Horn in B-flat (basso)


B – German; Si bémol – French; down P5 Fairly Common
Si bemolle – Italian

Horn in A (basso)
Very Rare (symphonic)
A – German; La – French; down m6 Common (operatic)
La basso – Italian

Horn in A-flat (basso) Very Rare (symphonic)


As – German; La bémol – French; down M6 Common (operatic)
La bemolle basso – Italian

* Based on a valved horn pitched in F.

French horn transposition chart


Bruce Hembd, hornmatters.com

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