SATB

'SATB' is a frequent initialism for 'soprano, alto, tenor, bass', referring to a common scoring for choruses and choirs. Pieces written for this combination can either be sung by choruses of mixed genders, or by choirs using a combination of men and boys.
Other common variants include SATTB, where the lower 'tenor' is usually pitched as a baritone (so sometimes expicitly written SATBarB), SSATB and SSATTB -- or any other combination of double letters. A piece marked "SATB div." denotes that the individual parts may split at some point, but not significantly enough to consider them a separate part worthy of its own line.

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★ Choir