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Instrument Abbreviations

by G.E. Hewitt

Page generated on 10/1/23

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acc Accompaniment adn Accordion as Alto Sax arr Arranger ahp Autoharp bkv Backing Vocals bnj Banjo bar Baritone Sax b Bass bcl Bass Clarinet bg Bass Guitar bsn Bassoon bgo Bongos cel Celeste vc Cello cl Clarinet con Conductor mgr Contractor/Orchestra Manager c Cornet dbo Dobro d Drums eb Electric Bass eg Electric Guitar org Electric Organ ep Electric Piano fdl Fiddle fh Flügelhorn f Flute frh French Horn gng Gong g Guitar hnd Handclaps h Harmonica hrp Harp hps Harpsichord kb Keyboards mar Marimba mc Master of Ceremonies dir Music Director/Bandleader ob Oboe oc Ocarina oth Other per Percussion p Piano pdr Producer eng Recording Engineer rg Rhythm Guitar sax Sax ebx Six-String Electric Bass ss Soprano Sax spk Speaking stg Steel Guitar str String Section syn Synthesizer tam Tambourine ts Tenor Sax tom Tom-Toms tri Triangle tb Trombone t Trumpet tu Tuba tt Turntable/Electronics unk Unknown Skill vib Vibraphone vl Viola vn Violin v Vocals r Woodwinds/Reeds xyl Xylophone

acc Accompaniment adn Accordion ahp Autoharp arr Arranger as Alto Sax b Bass bar Baritone Sax bcl Bass Clarinet bg Bass Guitar bgo Bongos bkv Backing Vocals bnj Banjo bsn Bassoon c Cornet cel Celeste cl Clarinet con Conductor d Drums dbo Dobro dir Music Director/Bandleader eb Electric Bass ebx Six-String Electric Bass eg Electric Guitar eng Recording Engineer ep Electric Piano f Flute fdl Fiddle fh Flügelhorn frh French Horn g Guitar gng Gong h Harmonica hnd Handclaps hps Harpsichord hrp Harp kb Keyboards mar Marimba mc Master of Ceremonies mgr Contractor/Orchestra Manager ob Oboe oc Ocarina org Electric Organ oth Other p Piano pdr Producer per Percussion r Woodwinds/Reeds rg Rhythm Guitar sax Sax spk Speaking ss Soprano Sax stg Steel Guitar str String Section syn Synthesizer t Trumpet tam Tambourine tb Trombone tom Tom-Toms tri Triangle ts Tenor Sax tt Turntable/Electronics tu Tuba unk Unknown Skill v Vocals vc Cello vib Vibraphone vl Viola vn Violin xyl Xylophone

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