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:
 0Acoustic Grand Piano
 1Bright Acoustic Piano
 2Electric Grand Piano
 3Honky-tonk Piano
 4Rhodes Piano
 5Chorused Piano
 6Harpsichord
 7Clavinet
Chromatic Percussion:
 8Celesta
9Glockenspiel
10Music Box
11Vibraphone
12Marimba
13Xylophone
14Tubular Bells
15Dulcimer
Organ Timbres:
16Hammond Organ
17Percussive Organ
18Rock Organ
19Church Organ
20Reed Organ
21Accordion
22Harmonica
23Tango Accordion
 
Guitar Timbres:
24Acoustic Nylon Guitar
25Acoustic Steel Guitar
26Electric Jazz Guitar
27Electric Clean Guitar
28Electric Muted Guitar
29Overdriven Guitar
30Distortion Guitar
31Guitar Harmonics
Bass Timbres:
32Acoustic Bass
33Fingered Electric Bass
34Plucked Electric Bass
35Fretless Bass
36Slap Bass 1
37Slap Bass 2
38Synth Bass 1
39Synth Bass 2
String Timbres:
40Violin
41Viola
42Cello
43Contrabass
44Tremolo Strings
45Pizzicato Strings
46Orchestral Harp
47Timpani
 
Ensemble Timbres:
48String Ensemble 1
49String Ensemble 2
50Synth Strings 1
51Synth Strings 2
52Choir "Aah"
53Choir "Ooh"
54Synth Voice
55Orchestral Hit
Brass Timbres:
56Trumpet
57Trombone
58Tuba
59Muted Trumpet
60French Horn
61Brass Section
62Synth Brass 1
63Synth Brass 2
Reed Timbres:
64Soprano Sax
65Alto Sax
66Tenor Sax
67Baritone Sax
68Oboe
69English Horn
70Bassoon
71Clarinet
 
Pipe Timbres:
72Piccolo
73Flute
74Recorder
75Pan Flute
76Bottle Blow
77Shakuhachi
78Whistle
79Ocarina
Synth Lead:
80Square Wave Lead
81Sawtooth Wave Lead
82Calliope Lead
83Chiff Lead
84Charang Lead
85Voice Lead
86Fifths Lead
87Bass Lead
Synth Pad:
88New Age Pad
89Warm Pad
90Polysynth Pad
91Choir Pad
92Bowed Pad
93Metallic Pad
94Halo Pad
95Sweep Pad
 
Synth Effects:
  96Rain Effect
  97Soundtrack Effect
  98Crystal Effect
99Atmosphere Effect
100Brightness Effect
101Goblins Effect
102Echoes Effect
103Sci-Fi Effect
Ethnic Timbres:
104Sitar
105Banjo
106Shamisen
107Koto
108Kalimba
109Bagpipe
110Fiddle
111Shanai
Sound Effects:
112Tinkle Bell
113Agogo
114Steel Drums
115Woodblock
116Taiko Drum
117Melodic Tom
118Synth Drum
119Reverse Cymbal
 
Sound Effects:
120Guitar Fret Noise
121Breath Noise
122Seashore
123Bird Tweet
 
124Telephone Ring
125Helicopter
126Applause
127Gun 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