Instruments

Instruments for each ratio column can be specified either as General MIDI instrument numbers (starting from 0 for grand piano), or as Humdrum instrument codes.

Number

Here is a list of General MIDI instruments numbers that can be used in Ratioscores:

• Keyboards

  0	Acoustic grand piano
  1	Bright acoustic piano
  2	Electric grand piano
  3	Honky-tonk piano
  4	Electric piano 1
  5	Electric piano 2
  6	Harpsichord
  7	Clavi

• Pitched perc.

  8	Celesta
  9	Glockenspiel
  10	Music box
  11	Vibraphone
  12	Marimba
  13	Xylophone
  14	Tubular bells
  15	Dulcimer

• Organs

  16	Drawbar organ
  17	Percussive organ
  18	Rock organ
  19	Pipe organ
  20	Reed organ
  21	Accordion
  22	Harmonica
  23	Tango Accordion

• Guitars

  24	Nylon acoustic guitar
  25	Steel acoustic guitar
  26	Jazz electric guitar
  27	Clean electric guitar
  28	Muted eletric guitar
  29	Overdriven guitar
  30	Distortion guitar
  31	Guitar harmonics

• Bass

  32	Acoustic bass
  33	Fingered electric bass
  34	Picked electric bass
  35	Fretless bass
  36	Slap bass 1
  37	Slap bass 2
  38	Synth bass 1
  39	Synth bass 2

• Strings

  40	Violin
  41	Viola
  42	Cello
  43	Contrabass
  44	Tremolo strings
  45	Pizzicato strings
  46	Orchestral harp
  47	Timpani

• Ensemble

  48	String ensemble 1
  49	String ensemble 2
  50	Synth strings 1
  51	Synth strings 2
  52	Choir aahs
  53	Choir oohs
  54	Synth voice
  55	Orchestra hit

• Brass

  56	Trumpet
  57	Trombone
  58	Tuba
  59	Muted trumpet
  60	French horn
  61	Brass section
  62	Synth brass 1
  63	Synth brass 2

• Reeds

  64	Soprano sax
  65	Alto sax
  66	Tenor sax
  67	Baritone sax
  68	Oboe
  69	English horn
  70	Bassoon
  71	Clarinet

• Pipes

  72	Piccolo
  73	Flute
  74	Recorder
  75	Pan flute
  76	Blown bottle
  77	Shakuhachi
  78	Whistle
  79	Ocarina

• Leads

  80	Square lead
  81	Sawtooth lead
  82	Calliope lead
  83	Chiff lead
  84	Charang lead
  85	Voice lead
  86	Fifths lead
  87	Base + lead

• Pads

  88	New age pad
  89	Warm pad
  90	Polysynth pad
  91	Choir pad
  92	Bowed pad
  93	Metallic pad
  94	Halo pad
  95	Sweep pad

• Effects

  96	Rain
  97	Soundtrack
  98	Cystal
  99	Atmosphere
  100	Brightness
  101	Goblins
  102	Echoes
  103	Sci-fi

• Ethnic

  104	Sitar
  105	Banjo
  106	Shamisen
  107	Koto
  108	Kalimba
  109	Bagpipe
  110	Fiddle
  111	Shanai

• Percussive

  112	Tinkle bell
  113	Agogo
  114	Steel drums
  115	Woodblock
  116	Taiko drum
  117	Melodic tom
  118	Synth drum
  119	Reverse cymbal

• Sound effects

  120	Guitar fret noise
  121	Breath noise
  122	Seashore
  123	Bird tweet
  124	Telephone ring
  125	Helicopter
  126	Applause
  127	Gunshot

The instrument number 14 in the following example is prefixed with the text *I#. Try changing the instrument number to another one in the above list of General MIDI instruments (or click on an instrument in the above list to change the instrument number and play the score).

Name

Text-based codenames can be used to select an instrument:

Try the instrument names in the following test score (you can also click on the instrument code to insert and play automatically):