non-transposing
Adjective
Meaning
non-transposing (not comparable)
(music) a musical instrument that is written in a the same pitch to how it sounds.
Violin is a non-transposing instrument
Antonyms
Examples
The marimba is a non-transposing instrument with no octave displacement, unlike the xylophone which sounds one octave higher than written and the glockenspiel which sounds two octaves higher than written.
This puts the notes in exactly the same staff position as they would be if the music were written in a (non-transposing) tenor clef, although the key signature and some accidentals must be adjusted.