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Why is Trumpet mentioned as B flat pitch ? How it becomes suitable for C scale ?

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  • Related: [What are the practical reasons for still having transposing instruments?](http://music.stackexchange.com/questions/7225/what-are-the-practical-reasons-for-still-having-transposing-instruments) – Shevliaskovic May 19 '15 at 07:27

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The first question already has an answer. The second is that one plays the notes in the key of D on the music, which come out sounding as if they belong to the C scale.

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