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Glossary of Abbreviations On these shopping pages, you may encounter product titles which contain acronyms and abbreviations. If you are puzzled by these, please check the list below to find their meaning. |
Band/Orchestra |
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| MC | March Card | |
| ORCH | Full Orchestra | |
| SB | Symphonic Band | |
| SET | Score & Parts | |
| STR ORCH | String Orchestra | |
Brass |
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| CORN | Cornet | |
| EUPH | Euphonium | |
| HN | Horn | |
| TPT | Trumpet | |
| TRBN | Trombone | |
| TUBA | Tuba | |
Keyboard |
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| 2PF4HD | 2 Pianos (4 hands) | |
| ACC | Accordion | |
| ELEC KB | Electric Keyboard | |
| EPP | Easy Piano Pieces (series) | |
| HPD | Harpsichord | |
| ORG | Organ | |
| PF | Piano | |
| PF4HD | Piano Duet (4 hands) | |
| PVG | Piano Vocal Guitar | |
Languages |
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| Dut | Dutch | |
| Eng | English | |
| Fin | Finnish | |
| Fre | French | |
| Ger | German | |
| Hun | Hungarian | |
| Ita | Italian | |
| Jap | Japanese | |
| Lat | Latin | |
| Nea | Neapolitan | |
| Por | Portuguese | |
| Rus | Russian | |
| Sla | Slavonic | |
| Spa | Spanish | |
| Swe | Swedish | |
Miscellaneous |
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| # | Sharp | |
| AB or ABRSM | Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music | |
| b [e.g. Ebmaj] | Flat [e.g. E flat major] | |
| BC | Bass Clef | |
| BK | Book | |
| CASS | Cassette tape | |
| CD | Compact Disc | |
| CD-Rom | CD-Rom | |
| cm | Centimetre | |
| DVD | DVD | |
| H | High | |
| HB | Hardback | |
| in | Inch | |
| L | Low | |
| M | Medium | |
| Maj | Major | |
| Min | Minor | |
| No | Number | |
| Op | Opus | |
| PB | Paperback | |
| PTS | Individual Instrumental Parts | |
| PVG | Piano Vocal Guitar | |
| SET | Score & Parts | |
| SMF | Standard Midi File | |
| TC | Treble Clef | |
| TCHR | Teacher's Book | |
| VID | Video (VHS cassette tape - PAL format) | |
| Vol | Volume | |
| W+M | Words & melody | |
Percussion |
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| GLOCK | Glockenspiel | |
| MAR | Marimba | |
| PERC | Percussion | |
| Timp | Timpani | |
| XYL | Xylophone | |
Scores |
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| COLL ED | Collected Edition | |
| CSC | Choral Score | |
| FSC | Full Score | |
| HPS | Hawkes Pocket Score | |
| HSS | Hawkes Score Series (=score + parts) | |
| MW | Masterworks series (full size, high quality scores) | |
| ORCH CON SC | Orchestral Conductor's Score | |
| PC | Piano Conductor | |
| PSC | Pocket Score | |
| STSC | Study Score | |
| VSC | Vocal Score | |
Strings |
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| 4tet | Quartet | |
| 5tet | Quintet | |
| DB | Double Bass | |
| GTR | Guitar | |
| HP | Harp | |
| HRP | Harp | |
| PVG | Piano Vocal Guitar | |
| Qnt | Quintet | |
| Qrt | Quartet | |
| VLA | Viola | |
| VLC | Cello | |
| VLN | Violin | |
Vocal |
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| A | Alto | |
| B | Bass | |
| CSC | Choral Score | |
| HVCE | High Voice | |
| LVCE | Low Voice | |
| MHVCE | Medium High Voice | |
| MLVCE | Medium Low Voice | |
| MVCE | Medium Voice | |
| MZ | Mezzo Soprano | |
| PVG | Piano Vocal Guitar | |
| S | Soprano | |
| SSA | 2 Soprano parts and 1 Alto | |
| T | Tenor | |
| UNIS | Unison voices | |
| VCE | Voice | |
| VSC | Vocal Score | |
Woodwind |
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| ASAX | Alto Saxophone | |
| BN | Bassoon | |
| BPIPE | Bagpipe | |
| CL | Clarinet | |
| DREC | Descant Recorder | |
| FL | Flute | |
| HARM | Harmonica | |
| OB | Oboe | |
| PICC | Piccolo | |
| REC | Recorder | |
| SAX | Saxophone | |
| TREC | Treble Recorder | |
| TSAX | Tenor Saxophone |
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