The Hamster Alliance - Orchestral Tuning

okay, so first off, it doesn't matter if it's middle C
that's being played, it can be any note...
it's simply like this, you have a melody or
something written in the treble clef...
you give the music to a violinist and a clarinetist...
for the violinist everything is fine,
but since the clarinet is tuned to Bb,
you have to transpose every note on the
sheet music up a major second
(C to Bb is a M2 going down, so just do the opposite)
piccolo sounds an octave higher when played through
standard piano music, thus you have to write the music
for the piccolo an octave lower...

Orchestral Tuning

:Instrument: | :Tuning:
English Horn | Perfect 5th Lower
Clarinet in B-flat | Major 2nd lower
Clarinet in A | Major 3rd lower
Bass Clarinet | Major 9th lower
Contrabassoon | Octave Lower
Alto Sax | Major 6th lower
Tenor Sax | Major 9th lower
Horn in F | Perfect 5th Lower
Trumpet in B flat | Major 2nd lower
Xylophone | Octave Higher
Orchestral Bells | Two Octaves Higher
Celesta | Octave higher
Bowed String - Bass | Octave Lower
Plucked String - Guitar | Octave Lower