(used mainly in data-field "instrumentation" ≈ Besetzung)
this shortcuts ≈ abbreviations are used for standardizing the instrumentation by algorithmic text recognition
result is the new standardized datafield "instrumentation standard" (deutsch / english).
Please notice the ambiguity by means of mixing human performers (perc, actor, perf) and non-human equipment (computer, generator, ring modulator))
A | Alt, alto (singing Voice) {65} | a- | alto (instrument prefix ≈ a-fl) (nop) {144} |
acc | Akkordeon / bandoneon / accordion {160} | amp | amplified (≈ amp vn), amplifier, verstärktes Instrument, (nop) {279} |
actor | actor, mime, narrator, Schauspieler, clown, Akteur, actress, actrice, acrobat {290} | B | Bass, bass (singing Voice) {98} |
b- | bass (ins. prefix ≈ b-cl & b-Bar) (nop){406} | Bar | Bariton, baritone (singing Voice), b-Bar {113} |
bar- | baritone (ins prefix ≈ bar-sax) (nop){31} | bn | Fagott, bassoon {138} |
br br- |
brass, Blech-{51} brass-prefix ( ≈ br-ens, (nop)){33} |
ch | chor, choir, chorus, children ch, male ch, female ch … {428} |
choreo | Choreography {2} | cl | clarinet (b-, db-, a-, es-), Klarinette, bassett-hn {919} |
clvd | clavichord = hpd (Cembalo) {15} | com | computer, ≈ laptop, sampler ≈ sam, MARS, Workstation, DSP, NeXT, Max, Max/MSP,
Supercollider,
ISPW, Kyma, Fairlight, Fly, Smartphone, Synclavier, drumpad-sam, workstation, roboter, flute-playing-machine, … {425}, {627 total, partly in Braces} |
con | controlled, controller, gesteuert (nop) {21} | cymbal cym |
Becken {4}, Cymbal {8}, Cinello, Piatto, Cymbale {1}= perc {∑ 19} |
dance | dancer, dancers, Tänzer {178} | db db- |
Kontrabass, double bass {407} ins prefix {62} |
DSP | Digital Signal Processing {45} = com | dig | digital (nop) {19} |
ehn | english horn {29}, cor anglais ≈ a-ob (alt-Oboe) = ob | e- | electric, electronic (instrument prefix ≈ e-gui {233}, e-perc {11}, e-p {34}, e-ens {8}, e-org ≈ Kbd {46}) (nop) … {∑ 417} |
elec | electronic, electric, ≈ rm, effects, mic, generator, oscillator, harm, Vocoder, data glove, live-elec, transducer, mic, tape recoder, tape-loop, effects, dig delay, digital reverb, radio, CD-player etc. {133}, {∑ 651} | ens -ens |
ensemble {769} with prefix ≈ str-ens, ww-ens, ready made, network, band, … {120} |
fem male |
female (nop) {115} male (nop) {42} |
fl -fl |
flute, Flöte (db- {14}, b- {69}, a- {40}, c- {8}…) rec, Blockflöte {116} (s- {3}, a- {8}, t- {5}, b- {7}…), piccolo / pic-fl {37}, ottavino {2}, sopranino {3}, cheng {2}, shakuhachi {25}, pan-fl {2},{∑ 1289} |
gen | generator, generated {20} = elec | gui | Zupfins / plucked string ins = guitar, Gitarre (b-gui {25}, a- {1}, e- {234}, e-bass {14}, …), e-chin {6}, charango {3}, lute {11}, balalaika {1}, pipa {4}, chapman stick {3}{∑ 641} |
harm | harmonizer {34} = elec | hn | horn ≈ french horn, F-Horn {1}, B-Horn, jagdhorn, waldhorn, flügelhorn {8}, trompe {1}, alphorn {4}, euphonium {4}{∑ 191} |
hp | Harfe, harp {183} | hpd | Cembalo, harpsichord, clavichord = clvd {146} |
impro | improvisierend, improvising (nop) {13} | ins -ins |
instrument (rough specification, instrument not even specified) {658} if used as suffix like perc-ins {2}, then converted to perc; asian ins ≈ ins {∑ 79} |
int | international (nop) {0} | ISPW | IRCAM musical workstation {0} = com |
Kbd | Keyboard, Tasteninstrument, e-org {42}, com-Kbd, Carillon {29}{∑ 369} | LS | Loudspeaker, Lautsprecher (nop) {12} |
mar | marimba {72} = perc | mdl | mandoline {8} = gui |
Mez | Mezzo-Soprano (singing Voice) {122} | mic | Microphone (nop) {50} = elec |
mtr | Mixturtrautonium {19} = synt | mul | multiple (rough specification) {22} ≈ variabel / (nop) |
mus | musician(s), Musiker (rough specification) {104} | mx | mixed (nop) {8} |
ob | Oboe, hautbois, ehn {29}, ob-d'amore {5}{∑ 289} | oma | Ondes Martenot {59} = synt |
orc -orc |
orchestra, orchestrated by … {∑ 593} |
org | Orgel, organ, Hammond-org {8}, Harmonium {9}, (but notice e-org ≈ Kbd) {206} |
p | piano, ≈ com-p {4}, e-p {34}, prep p {76}, disklavier {35}, Neo-Bechstein {6}, Player-p {17}, Pianocorda {1}, Fender-Rhodes-p {2}; "zu vier Händen" ≈ 2 pianists 4 hands = p {4 hands} (please notice the braces!) … {∑ 2009} | ||
perc | Schlagzeug, percussion ≈ tim {25}, vib {67}, mar {72}, xyl {8}, chimes {6}, cymbal {19}, Becken {4}, drum {21}, drumset {1}, drumpad {2}, steel-drum {3}, maracas {2}, perc-machine {1}, tam-tam {14}, snare-drum {4}, bell {6}, conga {2}, woodblock {2}, tom-tom {1}{∑ 1896} | ||
octet -octet |
8 players, str-octet, w-octet ≈ 8 str, 8 w {2} | perf | performer, performed by (rough specification) ≈ Spieler, Mitwirkende {12}, player, interpret {8}, artist {5}, audience {15}, technician {4}, assistent {7}, conductor {30}{∑ 605} |
pic pic- |
piccolo, = Flöte (37) prefix ≈ pic-fl {33}, pic-tpt {1}, picc-cl {1} (nop) |
prep | prepared (mostly means prep p) (nop) {92} |
proc | processed (nop) {17} | qnt -qnt |
quintet, 5 player {51} prefix str-qnt {5} ≈ 5 str, br-qnt {10} ≈ 5 w |
qt str-qt |
quartet, 4 player / 4 ins {∑ 233} |
rec | Blockflöte, recorder, flûte à bec = fl {116}; also with prefix |
rm | ring modulator {42} = synt | s- | soprano (instrument prefix ≈ s-sax) (nop) {62} |
S | Soprano (singing Voice) {588} | sam | sampler {155} = com |
sax | saxophone, Saxophon (db-, mety-, a-, b-, s-, t-) {607} | sol sol- |
Solist, solo-instrument {34} prefix ≈ sol- (nop) {20} |
Sp | Sprecher, speaking Voice, recitor {367} | str | Streicher, string (rough specification; "classical" vn, va, vc, db excluded) ≈ monochord, Koto, Zheng, Guzheng, Kayagum, cymbylom, long-string, Koto, Santur, Tambura, Zimbal, Hackbrett, many asian ins … {418} |
synt | synthesizer ≈ mtr {19}, theremin {25}, Moog {2}, Syter {5}, oma {58}, Synthy AKS {9}, SynLab, MIDI {225}, Synket {7}, Subharchord {9}, DX7 {8}, … {∑ 1043} | ||
t- | tenor instrument prefix ≈ t-sax {46}, t-rec {5}, t-trbn {3} (nop) {∑ 56} | T | Tenor (singing Voice) {130} |
tim | Pauke, timpano(i) {25}= perc | tpt -tpt |
Trompete, trumpet {289} prefix toy-tpt {1}, b-tpt {2}, e-tpt {1}, … |
trbn -trbn |
Trombone, Posaune {382} prefix (t-, b-, s-)… {21} |
tuba | tuba, trompa, turbo-tuba, b-tuba {111} |
V | human Voice, singing Voice, Stimme {1331} | var | variabel (number of …), rough specivication, (nop) {38} |
va | Bratsche, Viola, viola d'amore {6}, {∑ 345} | vc | cello, Violoncello, viola da gamba {10}, celletto {12}, arpeggione {1} … {∑ 830} |
vib | vibraphone {67} = perc | vn | violin, Violine, Geige, Zeta-vn {8} … {∑ 777} |
w w- |
wind instrument, Bläser, Blasinstrument, shawm {2}, cheng / sheng {3}, mouthorgan {7}, sho {14}, brass {5}, bagpipe / Dudelsack {4}{∑ 195} | ww ww- |
woodwind, Holzblasinstrument {55} = w prefix woodwind-Ensemble {34} |
xyl | xylophone {8} = perc | (nop) | no operation / not used ≈ slides, lights, special, midified, concrete, mobil, obsolete, several, synthetic, driven, modernes, grand, high, low, small, extended, retuned, mechanical, interactive, freely, modulated, digital, loop, robotic, optional / opt, processed / proc, prepared / prep, chamber-, boys, children, girls, young, mixed / mix / mx, gamelan-, male, female, contra-, ad libitum / ad lib, solo-, baroque, folk-, Counter, coloratur-, var, MIDI-, Moog, microinterval, microtonal, x-voice, amp, |
last Modification: 10.05.2018 by Folkmar Hein