Transposition is set automatically, depending on the instrument. You can set your layouts in Cubase to concert or transposed pitch. Your choice affects the pitches and key signatures on staves belonging to transposing instruments.
- Concert pitch
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When music is in concert pitch, all notes are written as they sound. This means that players with transposing instruments reading music in concert pitch must transpose the music themselves. For example, if a clarinet in B♭ reads a C in concert pitch, players must play the note D on their instrument to produce the sounding note C.
- Transposed pitch
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When music is in transposed pitch, the notes written are the ones each instrument must play in order to produce the desired sounding pitch. For example, if a clarinet in B♭ reads a D in transposed pitch, the pitch generated by the instrument is C.