About the 128 GM sounds
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Group Pgm#
(1-128) Instrument name Display Explanation of voice
Piano 1 Grand Piano GrandPno Grand piano
2 Bright Piano BritePno Bright and crisp grand piano
3 Electric Grand Piano El.Grand Electric grand piano (CP80)
4 Honky-tonk Piano HnkyTonk Ragtime-style piano
5 Electric Piano 1 E.Piano1 Electric piano
6 Electric Piano 2 E.Piano2 Electric piano with metallic resonance (DX)
7 Harpsichord Harpsi. Harpsichord
8 Clavi Clavi Clavi
Chromatic
Percussion 9 Celesta Celesta Celesta
10 Glockenspiel Glocken Glockenspiel
11 Music Box MusicBox Music box
12 Vibraphone Vibes Vibraphone (metal bars with resonator tubes)
13 Marimba Marimba Marimba (wooden bars with resonator tubes)
14 Xylophone Xylophon Xylophone (wooden bars)
15 Tubular Bells TubulBel Tubular bells
16 Dulcimer Dulcimer Dulcimer (struck string instrument)
Organ 17 Drawbar Organ DrawOrgn Drawbar organ
18 Percussive Organ PercOrgn Electronic organ with strong attack
19 Rock Organ RockOrgn Rock-style organ
20 Church Organ ChrchOrg Pipe organ
21 Reed Organ ReedOrgn Bright and light organ
22 Accordion Acordion Accordion
23 Hamonica Harmnica Harmonica
24 Tango Accordion TangoAcd Tango accordion
Guitar 25 Nylon Guitar NylonGtr Classical guitar
26 Steel Guitar SteelGtr Folk guitar
27 Jazz Guitar Jazz Gtr Electric guitar (jazz)
28 Clean Guitar CleanGtr Electric guitar
29 Muted Guitar Mute Gtr Muted guitar
30 Overdriven Guitar Ovrdrive Overdriven guitar
31 Distortion Guitar Dist.Gtr Distorted guitar
32 Guitar Harmonics GtrHarmo Harmonics
Bass 33 Acoustic Bass Aco.Bass Upright bass
34 Finger Bass FngrBass Electric bass (finger plucked)
35 Pick Bass PickBass Electric bass (played with a pick)
36 Fretless Bass Fretless Fretless bass
37 Slap Bass 1 SlapBas1 Slapped bass
38 Slap Bass 2 SlapBas2 Slapped bass with soft attack
39 Synth Bass 1 SynBass1 Synth bass with “sweep”
40 Synth Bass 2 SynBass2 Synth bass
Strings 41 Violin Violin Violin
42 Viola Viola Viola
43 Cello Cello Cello
44 Contrabass Contrabs Contrabass
45 Tremolo Strings Trem.Str Strings played with tremolo
46 Pizzicato Strings Pizz.Str Strings played pizzicato
47 Orchestral Harp Harp Harp
48 Timpani Timpani Timpani
Ensemble 49 Strings 1 Strings1 Strings
50 Strings 2 Strings2 Strings with gentle attack
51 Synth Strings 1 Syn Str1 Synth strings
52 Synth Strings 2 Syn Str2 Synth strings with gentle attack
53 Choir Aahs ChoirAah Choir singing “aah”
54 Voice Oohs VoiceOoh Choir singing “ooh”
55 Synth Voice SynVoice Vocoder-type chorus
56 Orchestra Hit Orch.Hit Orchestra hit
Brass 57 Trumpet Trumpet Trumpet
58 Trombone Trombone Trombone
59 Tuba Tuba Tuba
60 Muted Trumpet Mute Trp Muted trumpet
61 French Horn Fr. Horn French horn
62 Brass Section BrssSect Brass section
63 Synth Brass 1 SynBrss1 Synth brass
64 Synth Brass 2 SynBrss2 Synth brass with gentle attack