Abbreviations related to the theme ‘Music’
- Code
-
Meaning
Language
Themes and places
- AAC
-
Advanced Audio Coding
- AAMR
-
African American Music Reference
- AAMT
-
American Association for Music Therapy (www.musictherapy.org)
- AARC
-
Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies (www.aarcroyalties.com)
- ACEP
-
Associazione autori, Compositori e Piccoli editori (www.assoacep.com)
- AFM
-
American Federation of Musicians (www.afm.org)
- AFM
-
Association Française de Musicothérapie
- ALO
-
Animal Liberation Orchestra
- AMC
-
Algemene Muzikale Cultuur
- AMV
-
Algemene Muzikale Vorming
- AROP
-
Association pour le Rayonnement de l'Opéra de Paris (www.arop-opera.com)
- ASM
-
Allgäu-Schwäbischer Musikbund
- ASM
-
Association Suisse des Musiciens
- ASPMCDM
-
Association Syndicale Professionnelle et Mutuelle de la Critique Dramatique et Musicale
- AdME
-
Advertising-driven Mobile Entertainment
- BCU
-
Ballet Chorale Uruyange
- BMAT
-
Barcelona Music and Audio Technologies
- BMG
-
Bertelsmann Music Group
- BUMA
-
Bureau voor Muziek-Auteursrechten
- BWV
-
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis
- CD
-
Compact Disc
CD is equivalent to KD (Kompakta Disko) in Esperanto.
- CENAM
-
Centre National d'Animation Musicale
- CHAM
-
Classe à Horaires Aménagés Musique
- CIM
-
Centre International de Musicothérapie
- CNPL
-
Centre National de Pastorale Liturgique
- CNR
-
Conservatoire National de Région
- CNSMDP
-
Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris
- COB
-
Children Of Bodom
- CRIHAM
-
Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires en Histoire, Histoire de l’Art et Musicologie (https://criham.labo.univ-poitiers.fr/)
- CRMA
-
Centre de Ressources des Musiques Actuelles
- CST
-
Commission Supérieure Technique de l'image et du son
- DACP
-
Digital Audio Control Protocol
- DFA
-
Death From Above
- DMDTS
-
Direction de la Musique, de la Danse, du Théâtre et des Spectacles
- DS
-
Dal Segno
- DSAD
-
Darkside Art Developement
- DSMA
-
Dartmouth School Music Association (https://dsmahome.org/)
- DTDT
-
David Taylor Dance Theatre (www.dtdt.org)
- EM
-
Electronic Music
- EMA
-
Espace Métro Accords
- EPOB
-
Établissement Public de l’Opéra Bastille
- EPTA
-
European Piano Teachers Association
- EST
-
Esbjörn Svensson Trio
- EUROKKA
-
Esperanto-Rok-Asocio
- FCM
-
Fonds de Création Musicale
- FDQ
-
Fränkisches Dixielandquartett & Washboard
- FEMIS
-
Fondation Européenne des Métiers de l'Image et du Son
- FFF
-
Fédération Française de Funk
- FSMS
-
Formation Supérieure aux Métiers du Son
- FdQ
-
Freunde der Querflöte
- GESAC
-
Groupement Européen des Sociétés d'Auteurs et Compositeurs (www.gesac.org)
- GOS
-
Grand Orchestre du Splendid (www.splendid.fr)
- HMMMMM
-
Holistic, Manipulative, Multi-modal and Mimetic, Musical and Mimetic
- HRP
-
Harmonie Royale Policière de Charleroi (http://hrp-charleroi.be)
- ICP
-
Insane Clown Posse
- IDM
-
Intelligent Dance Music
- IFPI
-
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (www.ifpi.org)
- IMA
-
International MIDI Association
- IRCAM
-
Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (www.ircam.fr)
- ISMN
-
International Standard Music Number
The abbreviation ISMN (International Standard Music Number) includes the abbreviation IS (International Standard).
- ISRC
-
International Standard Recording Code
The abbreviation ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) includes the abbreviation IS (International Standard).
- JAMC
-
The Jesus and Mary Chain
- JASRAC
-
Japanese Society for Rights of Authors (https://www.jasrac.or.jp/)
- KD
-
Kompakta Disko
KD is equivalent to CD, and (see above).
- KR
-
Keyboards Recording
- KuN
-
Klavar-unuiĝo Nederlanda
- LAF
-
Lemovice Antifa Festival
- LD
-
Lumdisko
- LISA
-
Lycée de l’Image et du Son d’Angoulême
- LKV
-
Left Knee Vertical
- LMC
-
Liechtenstein Musical Company
- LMO
-
Louisville Mandolin Orchestra (www.lmo.org)
- LMO
-
Liverpool Mozart Orchestra
- MEJ
-
Music Educators Journal
- MEL
-
Muzika Esperanto Ligo
- MIDI
-
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
- MJQ
-
Modern Jazz Quartet
- MTG
-
Music Technology Group
- MTR
-
Music Theatre
- MVO
-
Muziekleraars Vrij Onderwijs
- NAMM
-
National Association of Music Merchants
- NAP
-
Nieuw Amsterdams Peil
- NEM
-
Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (www.lenem.ca)
- NPMB
-
Nederlandse Piano- en Muziekinstrumentenbond
- NVGD
-
Nederlandse Vereniging van Grammofoonplaten Detailhandelaren
- PAMA
-
Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance (www.pamalliance.org)
- PAS
-
Percussive Arts Society
- PBS
-
Porter Batiste Stoltz
- PCM
-
Pulse Code Modulation
The abbreviation PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) is included in abbreviations such as PCME (Pulse Code Modulation Event), PCMMU (Pulse Code Modulation Master Unit) and ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation).
- PMPO
-
Peak Music Power Output
- PMPO
-
Peak Momentary Performance Output
- POMI
-
Pipe Organ MIDI Interface
- RCYC
-
River City Youth Chorale
- REM
-
Remember Every Moment
- RF
-
Roskilde Festival
- RFCH
-
Royale Fanfare Communale de Huissignies
- RGC
-
Romanian Guitarist Community
- RGC
-
Rotters Golf Club
- RIAA
-
Recording Industry Association of America (www.riaa.com)
- RMM
-
Recreational Music Making
- RPhO
-
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest (https://www.rotterdamsphilharmonisch.nl/)
- RnR
-
Rock'n'Roll
- SACEM
-
Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique
- SAVANT
-
Synchronised and scalable Audio Video content Across NeTworks
- SDDS
-
Sony Dynamic Digital Sound
- SDIF
-
Sony Digital Interface Format
- SDMI
-
Secure Digital Music Initiative
- SIMAC
-
Semantic Interaction with Music Audio Contents
- SMF
-
Standard MIDI File
- SMPV
-
Schweizerischer Musikpädagogischer Verband (www.sspm.ch)
SMPV is equivalent to SSPM (Société Suisse de Pédagogie Musicale) in French.
- SMT
-
Society for Music Theory
- SPARS
-
Society of Professional Audio Recording Services (www.spars.com)
- SSBA
-
South Sound Blues Association
- SSPM
-
Société Suisse de Pédagogie Musicale (www.sspm.ch)
SSPM is equivalent to SMPV, and (see above).
- SWLABR
-
She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow
- SWSWA
-
South West Song Writers Association
- TSU
-
Temporal Semiotic Unit
- TTM
-
Turntablist Transcription Methodology
- UCMF
-
Union des Compositeurs de Musiques de Films (www.ucmf.fr)
- UMRK
-
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- UTPB
-
United Tartans Pipe Band (www.utpb.be)
- VCLM
-
Vlaams Centrum Liturgische Muziek
- VLAMO
-
Vlaamse Amateurmuziekorganisatie (www.vlamo.be)
- WMO
-
World Music Office (www.wmo.fr)
- XMF
-
Extensible Music Format