Abbreviation for Euphonium?
MuseScore abbreviates it as "Eu.", but I've never seen that anywhere else. It's usually "Euph." Is there some specific source that recommends "Eu." that MuseScore follows, or should this be changed?
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FWIW, Elaine Gould has it as "Euph." in Behind Bars, so that seems like good corroboration for your experience.
In reply to FWIW, Elaine Gould has it as by Marc Sabatella
Just created a PR for it: https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/1951
I think when I updated the Instruments.xml file back in 2013 that my policy was to use two letter abbreviations whenever possible. Very often using more letters than that takes up too much space at the left of the page.
In reply to I think when I updated the by ChurchOrganist
But where does that leave "Picc." and "A. Sax." and "Bar. Sax" and "Bb Tpt." (not to mention "Bb Tpt. 1", etc.)? "Euph." isn't long at all. For that matter, what about Tuba? MuseScore uses "Tu.", but from what I've seen it usually isn't shortened at all.
EDIT: Actually, Tuba sometimes is shortened as "Tba."
FWIW, here are the abbreviations and groupings recommended in a wind band context by Elaine Gould in "Behind Bars":
Picc.
Fl.
Ob.
C.A. (Cor Anglais, I assume?)
Eb Cl.
Cl.
B.Cl.
Cb.Cl.
Bsn.
Cbsn.
A.Sax.
T.Sax.
Bar.Sax.
Hn.
Cnt.
Tpt.
Tbn.
B.Tbn.
Euph.
Tba.
Stg.Bass
Timp.
Perc.
In reply to FWIW, here are the by Marc Sabatella
That "Stg. Bass" is a bit of a surprise, but the rest of them I've seen before. I think Trb. is equally valid with Tbn.—at least, I've certainly seen scores use it—so there should be no need to change that. Euph. and Tba. have obviously been mentioned.
I'm curious—does Gould actually recommend that the abbreviations should be written without spaces?
In reply to That "Stg. Bass" is a bit of by Isaac Weiss
The Stg. Bass is just for when it appears in a wind band; obviously we wouldn't use that normally. And I've never seen it either. She does list Trb. as an alternate for Tbn.
I do think there were spaces in her abbreviations, although actually it's hard to be sure because I don't know how wide the period is in the font she is using. I just omitted the spaces out of laziness.
In reply to FWIW, here are the by Marc Sabatella
I'll check them against the existing ones and add to my PR if need be, any others?
In reply to I'll check them against the by Jojo-Schmitz
Just one—going along with the idea of "Stg. Bass", I think that Double Bass should be abbreviated as "Db." (the "b" is a letter), not "Cb." If we're going to have distinct long names of "Contrabass" and "Double Bass"—and maybe add "String Bass"—then the short names should be distinct, too.
In reply to Just one—going along with the by Isaac Weiss
Gould has double bass as Db., D.B., Cb., or C.B. She doesn't make a special distinction between the term Double Bass and Contrabass, but presumably she'd recommend Db. or D.B. for Double Bass, the others for Contrabass.
In reply to Gould has double bass as Db., by Marc Sabatella
We use "Db." and "Cb." currently
I think I may have just noticed one that was missed before. What is Gould's recommendation for Violoncello?
In reply to I think I may have just by Isaac Weiss
too late now
just kidding
In reply to I think I may have just by Isaac Weiss
Vc., Vcl, or Vlc.
In reply to Vc., Vcl, or Vlc. by Marc Sabatella
We use "Vlc." currently
In reply to We use "Vlc." currently by Jojo-Schmitz
Are they listed in order of preference? I think that "Vc." may be more standard.
In reply to Are they listed in order of by Isaac Weiss
She doesn't say if that's in order of preference, so I didn't take care to preserve her order. But FWIW, the actual order in her list is Vc, Vlc, Vcl. A quick perusal of the scores and textbooks on my desk suggests they are all quite common, but maybe Vc. somewhat more so than the others.
In reply to Are they listed in order of by Isaac Weiss
@ZackTheCardshark, I do not know if its interesting to you (one never knows) but it may be useful for a comparison:
http://www.municipio.re.it/peri_biblioteca/paginenuove/abbreviazioni.ht…
In reply to @ZackTheCardshark, I do not by Shoichi
That list appears to be for Italian usage, correct? Thus "Violino" is abbreviated "Vl." and "Violone" is "Vlne." I would not rely on it for the English standards. However, if Gould says "Vlc." is good, then it's good.