Instrumentation abbreviations
| Name | abbreviations |
|---|---|
| Accordion | acc |
| Alto (treble) recorder | arec |
| Alto flute | afl |
| Alto saxophone | asax |
| Alto voice | A-solo |
| Bagpipes | bagpipes |
| Baritone saxophone | barsax |
| Baritone voice | Bar-solo |
| Bass clarinet | bcl |
| Bass drum | bdm |
| Bass flute | bfl |
| Bass guitar | bgui |
| Bass instrument | bass instr. |
| Bass recorder | brec |
| Bass trombone | btrbn |
| Bass Viola da Gamba | bvadg |
| Bass voice | B-solo |
| Basset horn | bthn |
| Bassoon | bn |
| Bodhrán | bodh |
| Bongos | bon |
| Cantor | cntr |
| Carillon | crl |
| Celeste | cel |
| Cello | vc |
| Cimbalon | cimb |
| Clarinet | cl |
| Claves | cvs |
| Clavichord | cvd |
| Congregation | cong |
| Contra bass clarinet | cbcl |
| Cor Anglais | ca |
| Cornet | cnt |
| Counter tenor | Ct-solo |
| Crotales | crot |
| Cymbal | cym |
| Divisi | div. |
| Double bass | db |
| Double bassoon | dbn |
| Drum kit | dmkit |
| E flat clarinet | ecl |
| Electric Flute | efl |
| Electric guitar | egui |
| Electric organ | eorg |
| Electronics | electronics |
| Euphonium | euph |
| Female voice | female voice |
| Flugel horn | fgh |
| Flute | fl |
| Gamelan | gamelan |
| Glockenspiel | glock |
| Guitar | gui |
| Harmonium | harmonium |
| Harp | hrp |
| Harpsichord | hpd |
| High voice | high voice |
| Horn | hn |
| Irish harp | hrp [Irish] |
| Keyboard | kbd |
| Live electronics | live electronics |
| Low voice | low voice |
| Lute | lute |
| Male voice | male voice |
| Mandolin | mand |
| Marimba | mar |
| Medium voice | medium voice |
| Melodica | mel |
| Mezzo soprano voice | Mez-solo |
| Number | No. |
| Obbligato | obbl |
| Oboe | ob |
| Oboe dŐamore | obda |
| Orchestra, orchestral | orch |
| Organ | org |
| Percussion | perc |
| Piano | pf |
| Piccolo | picc |
| Pipes | pipes |
| Quartet | qt |
| Quintet | qnt |
| Recorder | rec |
| Revised | rev. |
| Saxophone | sax |
| Sean nós singer | voice [sean nós] |
| Side drum | sdm |
| Soprano (descant) recorder | srec |
| Soprano saxophone | ssax |
| Soprano voice | S-solo |
| Speaker | speaker |
| Strings | str |
| Synthesiser | synth |
| Tambourine | tamb |
| Tape | tape |
| Tenor drum | tdm |
| Tenor horn | thn |
| Tenor recorder | trec |
| Tenor saxophone | tsax |
| Tenor voice | T-solo |
| Timpani | timp |
| Tin whistle | tin whistle |
| Tom toms | tom |
| Traditional flute | fl [trad] |
| Traditional violin or fiddle | vn [trad] |
| Traditional voice | voice [trad] |
| Treble instrument | treble instr. |
| Trombone | trb |
| Trumpet | tpt |
| Tuba | tuba |
| Tubular bells | tbells |
| Uilleann pipes | uilpipes |
| Vibraphone | vib |
| Viola | va |
| Viola dŐamore | vada |
| Viola da Gamba | vadg |
| Violin | vn |
| Voice | voice |
| Woodwind | ww |
| Xylophone | xyl |