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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
	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