General MIDI instrument codes

The following table lists the standard sequence of instruments (timbres)
which are specified by General MIDI. The number to the left of the
instrument name is the number for the instrument in General MIDI.

Piano Timbres:

0	Acoustic Grand Piano
1	Bright Acoustic Piano
2	Electric Grand Piano
3	Honky-tonk Piano
4	Rhodes Piano
5	Chorused Piano
6	Harpsichord
7	Clavinet

Chromatic Percussion:

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

Organ Timbres:

16	Hammond Organ
17	Percussive Organ
18	Rock Organ
19	Church Organ
20	Reed Organ
21	Accordion
22	Harmonica
23	Tango Accordion

Guitar Timbres:

24	Acoustic Nylon Guitar
25	Acoustic Steel Guitar
26	Electric Jazz Guitar
27	Electric Clean Guitar
28	Electric Muted Guitar
29	Overdriven Guitar
30	Distortion Guitar
31	Guitar Harmonics

Bass Timbres:

32	Acoustic Bass
33	Fingered Electric Bass
34	Plucked Electric Bass
35	Fretless Bass
36	Slap Bass 1
37	Slap Bass 2
38	Synth Bass 1
39	Synth Bass 2

String Timbres:

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

Ensemble Timbres:

48	String Ensemble 1
49	String Ensemble 2
50	Synth Strings 1
51	Synth Strings 2
52	Choir “Aah”
53	Choir “Ooh”
54	Synth Voice
55	Orchestral Hit

Brass Timbres:

56	Trumpet
57	Trombone
58	Tuba
59	Muted Trumpet
60	French Horn
61	Brass Section
62	Synth Brass 1
63	Synth Brass 2

Reed Timbres:

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

Pipe Timbres:

72	Piccolo
73	Flute
74	Recorder
75	Pan Flute
76	Bottle Blow
77	Shakuhachi
78	Whistle
79	Ocarina

Synth Lead:

80	Square Wave Lead
81	Sawtooth Wave Lead
82	Calliope Lead
83	Chiff Lead
84	Charang Lead
85	Voice Lead
86	Fifths Lead
87	Bass Lead

Synth Pad:

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

Synth Effects:

96	Rain Effect
97	Soundtrack Effect
98	Crystal Effect
99	Atmosphere Effect
100	Brightness Effect
101	Goblins Effect
102	Echoes Effect
103	Sci-Fi Effect

Ethnic Timbres:

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

Sound Effects:

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	Gun Shot

Instruments can be selected by using the MIDI command byte (0xc0)
followed by a data byte which is one of the above numbers (minus 1).

In General MIDI, Channel 10 is reserved for percussion sets. Here is a
list of the percussion instruments assigned to each MIDI note number when
using General MIDI Channel 10:

35	Acoustic Bass Drum
36	Bass Drum 1
37	Side Stick
38	Acoustic Snare
39	Hand Clap
40	Electric Snare
41	Low Floor Tom
42	Closed High Hat
43	High Floor Tom
44	Pedal High Hat
45	Low Tom
46	Open High Hat
47	Low Mid Tom
48	High Mid Tom
49	Crash Cymbal 1
50	High Tom

51	Ride Cymbal 1
52	Chinese Cymbal
53	Ride Bell
54	Tambourine
55	Splash Cymbal
56	Cowbell
57	Crash Cymbal 2
58	Vibraslap
59	Ride Cymbal 2
60	High Bongo
61	Low Bongo
62	Mute High Conga
63	Open High Conga
64	Low Conga
65	High Timbale
66	Low Timbale

67	High Agogo
68	Low Agogo
69	Cabasa
70	Maracas
71	Short Whistle
72	Long Whistle
73	Short Guiro
74	Long Guiro
75	Claves
76	High Wood Block
77	Low Wood Block
78	Mute Cuica
79	Open Cuica
80	Mute Triangle
81	Open Triangle

General MIDI instrument codes

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