NACWPI Research Center
Score Collection Inventory: Abbreviations
Abbreviations lists are by term and by abbreviation
Abbreviation list 1: alphabetized by term (by abbreviation)
accordion | accord |
| adapted by | adpt |
| alto voice | vce-alt |
| alto clarinet | cl-alt |
| alto saxophone | sax-alt |
| arranged by | arr. |
| baritone voice | vce-bari |
| baritone saxophone | sax-bari |
| bass voice | vce-bs |
| bass clarinet | cl-bs |
| bass guitar | gtr-bs |
| bass saxophone | sax-bs |
| basset clarinet in A | bsst-cl-A |
| basset horn | bsst hrn |
| bassoon | bsn |
| celesta | cel |
| clarinet in A | cl-A |
| clarinet in B-flat | cl |
| clarinet in C | cl-C |
| clarinet in E-flat | cl-Eb |
| compiled by | comp. |
| contrabass clarinet | cl-ctrbs |
| contrabassoon | bsn ctrbs |
| copyright | c |
| dancer | dnc |
| double bass | db |
| drum set | drm-st |
| duration | dur |
| E-flat contra-alto clarinet | cl-ctr-alt |
| E-flat contrabass clarinet | cl-ctrbs-Eb |
| edited by | ed. |
| electric | elec |
| English horn | eng hrn |
| flute | fl |
| French horn | hrn |
| guitar | gtr |
| harmonica | hrmca |
| harpsichord | hpsd |
| mandolin | mdln |
| manuscript | ms |
| manuscript reproduction | ms copy |
| marimba | mrmba |
| mezzo-soprano voice | vce-mzo-sop |
| narrator | narr |
| no date | [nd] |
| oboe | ob |
| optional | opt |
| orchestra | orch |
| organ | org |
| percussion | perc |
| piano | pno |
| piano reduction by | pno red |
| piccolo | picc |
| prepared pian | prep pno |
| recorder | rec |
| revised by | rev. |
| saxophone | sax |
| soprano clarinet | cl-sop |
| soprano saxophone | sax-sop |
| soprano voice | vce-sop |
| string orchestra | str orch |
| tenor saxophone | sax-ten |
| tenor voice | vce-ten |
| timpani | timp |
| transcribed by | trans |
| treble alto recorder | rec-alt |
| triangle | tri |
| trombone | trb |
| trumpet | tpt |
| vibraphone | vibra |
| viola | vla |
| violin | vln |
| violoncello | vcl |
| voice | vce |
| xylophone | xylo |
Abbreviation list 2: alphabetized by abbreviation (by term)
accord | accordion |
| adpt | adapted by |
| arr. | arranged by |
| bsn | bassoon |
| bsn | ctrbs contrabassoon |
| bsst-cl-A | basset clarinet in A |
| bsst hrn | basset horn |
| c | copyright |
| cel | celesta |
| cl | clarinet in B-flat |
| cl-A | clarinet in A |
| cl-alt | alto clarinet |
| cl-bs | bass clarinet |
| cl-C | clarinet in C |
| cl-ctr-alt | E-flat contra-alto clarinet |
| cl-ctrbs | contrabass clarinet |
| cl-ctrbs-Eb | E-flat contrabass clarinet |
| cl-Eb | clarinet in E-flat |
| cl-sop | soprano clarinet |
| comp. | compiled by |
| db | double bass |
| dnc | dancer |
| drm-st | drum set |
| dur | duration |
| ed. | edited by |
| elec | electric |
| eng hrn | English horn |
| fl | flute |
| gtr | guitar |
| gtr-bs | bass guitar |
| hpsd | harpsichord |
| hrmca | harmonica |
| hrn | French horn |
| mdln | mandolin |
| mrmba | marimba |
| ms | manuscript |
| ms copy | manuscript reproduction |
| narr | narrator |
| [nd] | no date |
| ob | oboe |
| opt | optional |
| orch | orchestra |
| org | organ |
| perc | percussion |
| picc | piccolo |
| pno | piano |
| pno red | piano reduction by |
| prep pno | prepared piano |
| rec | recorder |
| rec-alt | treble alto recorder |
| rev. | revised by |
| sax | saxophone |
| sax-alt | alto saxophone |
| sax-bari | baritone saxophone |
| sax-bs | bass saxophone |
| sax-sop | soprano saxophone |
| sax-ten | tenor saxophone |
| str orch | string orchestra |
| timp | timpani |
| tpt | trumpet |
| trans | transcribed by |
| trb | trombone |
| tri | triangle |
| vcl | violoncello |
| vce | voice |
| vce-alt | alto voice |
| vce-bari | baritone voice |
| vce-bs | bass voice |
| vce-mzo-sop | mezzo-soprano voice |
| vce-sop | soprano voice |
| vce-ten | tenor voice |
| vibra | vibraphone |
| vla | viola |
| vln | violin |
| xylo | xylophone |
