| Keyword | Excerpt (click on keyword for complete article) |
| 7/8 cello | A cello slightly smaller than standard size to make it easier to handle for younger players. |
| 7/8 double bass | |
| 7/8-fiolin | See 7/8 violin. |
| 7/8 guitar | |
| 7/8 steel-stringed guitar | |
| 7/8-størrelses gitar | See 7/8 guitar. |
| 7/8-størrelses stålstrengsgitar | See 7/8 steel-stringed guitar. |
| 7/8 violin | |
| 8 | The number eight placed above the clef, means that the notes sound one octave higher than notated. This notation is mainly used for recordrs. An 8 below the clef means that the notes sound an octave l |
| 8-string tenor-waldzither | A Tenor-Waldzither without the single bass string. In effect this makes it almost identical to a short scaled flat-backed tenor mandola but the tuning is different and the 8-string waldzither is consi |
| 8va | One octave up. |
| 8vb | One octave down. |
| 9 saitig Baßlaute | See 9-string bass lute. |
| 9-strengs basslutt | See 9-string bass lute. |
| 9-string bass lute | Although most 20th C. bass lutes had four or six extra bass strings, there were also a few with only three. |
| 9-string contra-guitar | A contra-guitar with three extra bass strings. |
| A# quenilla | Although it seems counterintuitive to a modern western musician, the "black key tuned" quenas are often referred to as tuned in sharp rather than flat keys. Thus the B flat quenilla becomes the A shar |
| A (1) | Note of the scale. A440 (440 cycles per second) is commonly used for tuning the orchestra. |
| A (2) | Abbreviation of alto. |
| A (3) | Abbreviation of (It.) anulare: "ring finger". Right hand fingering for the guitar. |
