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Abbreviations

Common
(v) Vocals(g) Guitar
(b) Bass Guitar(d) Drums
A
(acc) Accordion(a-con) Anglo Concertina
(a-m) Additional Manager(a-sax) Alto Saxophone
B
(b) Bass Guitar (b)(b-acc) Button Accordion
(bag) Bagpipes(bbq) BBQ Operator
(b-fh) Bug-Force Helmet(bgo) Bongos
(bjo) Banjo(5s-bjo) 5 String Banjo
(b-syn) Bass Synthesizer(bod) Bodhrán
(bouz) Bouzouki(bv) Backing Vocals
C
(cga) Congas(cl) Clarinet
(comp) Compare(cor) Cornet
(cwb) Cowbell(cym) Cymbals
D
(d) Drums(didge) Didgeridoo
(dc) Dance Caller(djm) Djembe
(dm) Drum Machine(dnce) Dancer
(d-rec) Descant Recorder-
E
(eng) Engineer(elec) Electronics
(etc) Et cetera(ew) Electronics Wizard
F
(FB) FoldbackFiddle (fdl)
(fh) Flügel Horn(fl) Flute
(FOH) Front of House(FOH-eng) Front of House Engineer
(fx) Effects
G
(g) Guitar(gh) General Hand
H
(harp) Blues Harmonica(hmca) Harmonica
(hrm) Harmonium
I
(ip) Irish Pipes 'Uilleann Pipes'-
J
--
K
(k) Keyboard(kaz) Kazoo
L
(l) Lights(ld) Loader)
(ldr) Leader(lps) Loops
(ls) Live Sound(ls-g) Lap Steel Guitar
M
(m) Manager(mb) Mechanical Bull
(mba) Marimba(mda) Mandola
(m-dir) Musical Director(mdln) Mandolin
(mel) Melodica(mlp) Mellophone
(mon) Monitors-
N
--
O
(orc) Orchestration-
P
(p) Piano(p-acc) Piano Accordion
(perc) Percussion(pg) Programmer
(ps-g) Pedal Steel Guitar(pw) Plumper Wrangler
Q
--
R
(ragga) Raggamuffin music?(rec) Recorder
(drs) Reeds(rdy) Road Manager
(r-FOH) Relief Front of House-
S
(s) Sound(sam) Samples
(sax) Saxophone(s-b) Stage and Bits
(sd) Side Drum(sds) Sounds
(se) Sound Engineer(seq) Sequencer
(sit) Sitar(sm) Sound Mixer
(s-sax) Soprano Saxophone(st-g) Steel Guitar
(ss) Stage Sound(str) Strings
(syn) Synthesiser -
T
(tanp) Tanpura -
(tb) Trombone(tba) Tuba
(t-bjo) Tenor Banjo(tcb) Tea Chest Bass
(tps) Tapes(tps-sam) Tape Sampler
(tpt) Trumpet(tri) Triangle
(t-sax) Tenor Saxophone(ttbl) Turntables
(tw) Tin Whistle
U
(uke) Ukelele-
V
(vib) Vibraphone(vla) Viola
(vln) Violin-
W
(wb) Washboard(wh) Whistles
(ww) Woodwinds-
X
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Y
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Z
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