Glossary of Abbreviations
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Band/Orchestra
MC
March Card
ORCH
Full Orchestra
SB
Symphonic Band
SET
Score & Parts
STR ORCH
String Orchestra
Brass
CORN
Cornet
EUPH
Euphonium
HN
Horn
TPT
Trumpet
TRBN
Trombone
TUBA
Tuba
Keyboard
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
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
#
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
GLOCK
Glockenspiel
MAR
Marimba
PERC
Percussion
Timp
Timpani
XYL
Xylophone
Scores
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
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
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
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
