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General MIDI (also known as GM or GM 1) is a standardized specification for electronic musical instruments that respond to MIDI messages. Sound fonts names that include _GM, like FluidR3_GM.sf2, adhere to this standard.

MIDI uses the term channel to signify the identity of a device on its network. Similarly the term program, represents the voice requested on a particular channel. General Midi reserves channel 10 for extended percussion voices. All other channels are required to obey the non-percussion voicings for General Midi Instruments.

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Piano

Program	Voice	Aliases
1	Acoustic Grand Piano	piano, piano0
2	Bright Acoustic Piano	piano1
3	Electric Grand Piano	piano2
4	Honky-tonk Piano	piano3
5	Electric Piano 1	epiano, epiano0
6	Electric Piano 2	epiano1
7	Harpsichord	harps
8	Clavinet	clav

Chromatic Percussion

Program	Voice	Aliases
9	Celesta
10	Glockenspiel	glock
11	Music Box	musicbox, mbox
12	Vibraphone	vibes
13	Marimba	marimba
14	Xylophone	xylophone
15	Tubular Bells	tubular
16	Dulcimer	dulcimer

Organ

Program	Voice	Aliases
17	Drawbar Organ	organ, organ0
18	Percussive Organ	organ1
19	Rock Organ	organ2
20	Church Organ	organ3
21	Reed Organ	organ4
22	Accordion	accordion, accordion0
23	Harmonica	harmonica
24	Tango Accordion	accordion1

Guitar

Program	Voice	Aliases
25	Acoustic Guitar (nylon)	guitar, guitar0
26	Acoustic Guitar (steel)	guitar1
27	Electric Guitar (jazz)	guitar2
28	Electric Guitar (clean)	guitar3
29	Electric Guitar (muted)	guitar4
30	Overdriven Guitar	guitar5
31	Distortion Guitar	guitar6
32	Guitar Harmonics	guitar7

Bass

Program	Voice	Aliases
33	Acoustic Bass	bass, abass, bass0
34	Electric Bass (finger)	ebass, bass1
35	Electric Bass (pick)	bass2
36	Fretless Bass	bass3
37	Slap Bass 1	bass4
38	Slap Bass 2	bass5
39	Synth Bass 1	bass6
40	Synth Bass 2	bass7

Strings

Program	Voice	Aliases
41	Violin	violin
42	Viola	viola
43	Cello	cello
44	Contrabass	contrabass
45	Tremolo Strings	strings, strings0
46	Pizzicato Strings	strings1
47	Orchestral Harp	harp
48	Timpani	timpani

Ensemble

Program	Voice	Aliases
49	String Ensemble 1	strings2
50	String Ensemble 2	strings3
51	Synth Strings 1	strings4
52	Synth Strings 2	strings5
53	Choir Aahs	aah
54	Voice Oohs	ooh
55	Synth Voice	voice, voice0
56	Orchestra Hit	ohit

Brass

Program	Voice	Aliases
57	Trumpet	trumpet, trumpet0
58	Trombone	trombone
59	Tuba	tuba
60	Muted Trumpet	trumpet1
61	French Horn	frenchhorn, horn
62	Brass Section	brass, brass0
63	Synth Brass 1	brass1
64	Synth Brass 2	brass2

Reed

Program	Voice	Aliases
65	Soprano Sax	sopranosax, sax0
66	Alto Sax	altosax, sax1
67	Tenor Sax	tenorsax, sax2
68	Baritone Sax	baritonesax, sax3
69	Oboe	oboe
70	English Horn	englishhorn, ehorn
71	Bassoon	bassoon
72	Clarinet	clarinet

Pipe

Program	Voice	Aliases
73	Piccolo	piccolo, flute1
74	Flute	flute, flute0
75	Recorder	recorder
76	Pan Flute	panflute, flute2
77	Blown bottle	bottle, flute3
78	Shakuhachi	shakuhachi, flute4
79	Whistle	whistle, flute5
80	Ocarina	ocarina

Synth Lead

Program	Voice	Aliases
81	Lead 1 (square)	square, synthlead1
82	Lead 2 (sawtooth)	saw, sawtooth, synthlead2
83	Lead 3 (calliope)	synthlead3
84	Lead 4 (chiff)	synthlead4
85	Lead 5 (charang)	synthlead5
86	Lead 6 (voice)	synthlead6, voice1
87	Lead 7 (fifths)	synthlead7, fifths
88	Lead 8 (bass + lead)	synthlead8

Synth Pad

Program	Voice	Aliases
89	Pad 1 (new age)	pad1
90	Pad 2 (warm)	pad2
91	Pad 3 (polysynth)	pad3
92	Pad 4 (choir)	pad4, choir, voices
93	Pad 5 (bowed)	pad5
94	Pad 6 (metallic)	pad6
95	Pad 7 (halo)	pad7
96	Pad 8 (sweep)	pad8

Synth Effects

Program	Voice	Aliases
97	FX 1 (rain)	fx1
98	FX 2 (soundtrack)	fx2
99	FX 3 (crystal)	fx3
100	FX 4 (atmosphere)	fx4
101	FX 5 (brightness)	fx5
102	FX 6 (goblins)	fx6
103	FX 7 (echoes)	fx7
104	FX 8 (sci-fi)	fx8

Ethnic

Program	Voice	Aliases
105	Sitar	sitar
106	Banjo	banjo
107	Shamisen	shamisen
108	Koto	koto
109	Kalimba	kalimba
110	Bag pipe	bagpipe
111	Fiddle	fiddle
112	Shanai	shanai

Percussive

Program	Voice	Aliases
113	Tinkle Bell	tinkle, bell
114	Agogô	agogo
115	Steel Drums	steeldrums
116	Woodblock	woodblock
117	Taiko Drum	taiko
118	Melodic Tom	tom
119	Synth Drum	synthdrum
120	Reverse Cymbal	reversecymbol

Sound Effects

Program	Voice	Aliases
121	Guitar Fret Noise	fx11, frets
122	Breath Noise	fx12, breath
123	Seashore	fx13, sea, ocean
124	Bird Tweet	fx14, bird, tweet
125	Telephone Ring	fx15, phone, ring
126	Helicopter	fx16, heli
127	Applause	fx17, applause
128	Gunshot	fx18, gun, gunshot

Percussion

These voices are associated with note numbers of MIDI channel 10. Some programmable systems (eg tidal/strudel) employ 0-indexed channels. In those cases, the percussion channel will be found on channel 9. In the table below, MIDI note numbers are 0-127.

Voice	ref	Note	abc	MIDI
Snare Roll	sr0, sn2, sd0	C#1	^C,,,	25
Finger Snap	fs0	D1	D,,,	26
High Q	hq0	D#1	^D,,,	27
Slap	sl0, cp2	E1	E,,,	28
Scratch Push	sc0	F1	F,,,	29
Scratch Pull	sc1	F#1	^F,,,	30
Sticks	rim1	G	G,,,	31
Square Click	ck0	G#1	^G,,,	32
Metronome Click	ck1	A	A,,,	33
Metronome Bell	bell2	A#1	^A,,,	34
Acoustic Bass Drum	bd1	B	B,,,	35
Electric Bass Drum (Kick)	bd0	C2	C,,	36
Side Stick	rim0	C#2	^C,,	37
Acoustic Snare	sn1, sd1	D2	D,,	38
Hand Clap	cp0	D#2	^D,,	39
Electric Snare	sn0, sd0	E2	E,,	40
Low Floor Tom	lt0	F2	F,,	41
Closed Hi-hat	hh1	F#2	^F,,	42
High Floor Tom	ht0	G2	G,,	43
Pedal Hi-hat	hh2	G#2	^G,,	44
Low Tom	lt1	A2	A,,	45
Open Hi-hat	hh0, oh0	A#2	^A,,	46
Low-Mid Tom	mt0	B2	B,,	47
Hi-Mid Tom	mt1	C3	C,	48
Crash Cymbal 1	cr0	C#3	^C,	49
High Tom	ht1	D	D,	50
Ride Cymbal 1	rd0	D#3	^D,	51
Chinese Cymbal	sp1	E3	E,	52
Ride Bell	bell0	F3	F,	53
Tambourine	tb0	F#3	^F,	54
Splash Cymbal	sp0	G3	G,	55
Cowbell	cb0	G#3	^G,	56
Crash Cymbal 2	cr1	A3	A,	57
Vibra Slap	vs0	A#3	^A,	58
Ride Cymbal 2	rd1	B3	B,	59
High Bongo	bongo1	C4	C	60
Low Bongo	bongo0	C#4	^C	61
Mute High Conga	conga2	D4	D	62
Open High Conga	conga1	D#4	^D	63
Low Conga	conga0	E4	E	64
High Timbale	timbale1	F4	F	65
Low Timbale	timbale0	F#4	^F	66
High Agogô	agogo1	G4	G	67
Low Agogô	agogo2	G#4	^G	68
Cabasa	cabasa0	A4	A	69
Maracas	maracas0	A#4	^A	70
Short Whistle	wh0	B4	B	71
Long Whistle	wh1	C5	c	72
Short Guiro	guiro0	C#5	^c	73
Long Guiro	guiro1	D5	d	74
Claves	claves0	D#5	^d	75
High Woodblock	wb0	E6	e	76
Low Woodblock	wb1	F6	f	77
Mute Cuica	cuica1	F#6	^f	78
Open Cuica	cuica0	G6	g	79
Mute Triangle	tri1	G#6	^g	80
Open Triangle	tri0	A6	a	81
Shaker	sh0	A#6	^a	82
Jingle Bell	bell1	B6	b	83
Belltree	bell4	C7	c'	84
Castanets	cast0	C#7	^c'	85
Mute Surdo	surdo1	D7	d'	86
Open Surdo	surdo0	D#7	^d'	87