Editing SATB (section)

==Choral music==
[[Four-part harmony]] using soprano, alto, tenor and bass is a common scoring in classical music,<ref>[http://www.musiklexikon.info/musiklexikon/satb SATB] musiklexikon.info</ref><ref>[https://www.carus-verlag.com/en/choral-music/choral-collections/choral-collections-choir-satb/ Choral collections – Choir SATB] [[Carus-Verlag]] 2022</ref><ref>[https://www.thalia.de/shop/home/artikeldetails/A1046950285 Voces8 SATB / A Cappella Songbook] thalia.de 2022</ref><ref name="Dai 2019">{{cite thesis | last=Dai | first=Jiajie | title=Modelling Intonation and Interaction in Vocal Ensembles | website=QMRO Home | date=12 April 2019 | url=https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/56861 | access-date=25 March 2022| type=Thesis }}</ref> including [[chorale]]s and most [[List of Bach cantatas|Bach cantatas]].<ref name="Shrock">Shrock, Dennis: [https://books.google.com/books?id=-SVnDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA298 Choral Repertoire] ''[[Oxford University Press]]'', 2009, p. 298, {{ISBN|978-0-19-532778-6}}</ref>

The letters of the abbreviation are also used by publishers to describe different scorings for soloists and choirs other than four-part harmony. For example, the listing "STB solos, SATB choir" of Bach's [[Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140|''Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'', BWV 140]], indicates that a performance needs three soloists: soprano, tenor and bass, and a four-part choir.<ref name="Shrock" /> "SATB/SATB" is used when a double choir is required, as in Penderecki's ''[[Polish Requiem]]''.<ref>[https://en.schott-music.com/shop/polnisches-requiem-no38258.html Polish Requiem] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511131432/https://en.schott-music.com/shop/polnisches-requiem-no38258.html |date=2022-05-11 }} [[Schott Music]] 2022</ref> or SSATB, with divided sopranos, is a typical scoring in English [[church music]].<ref name="Shrock" />{{rp|322}}<ref>[https://www.alfred.com/te-deum-in-d/p/00-K06382/ Te Deum in D / By Henry Purcell] alfred.com</ref> A listing for Bach's ''[[Mass in B minor structure|Mass in B minor]]'' includes the maximum of SSATB soloists and SSAATTBB eight-part choir and also indicates that it contains choral [[Movement (music)|movements]] for SATB, SSATB, SSATBB and SATB/SATB, as well as arias for individual soloists, and duets for SS, ST and SA.<ref name="Shrock" />{{rp|299}}

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Other letters of abbreviation, however with less consistency, have been used by publishers, such as "Tr" for treble ([[boy soprano]]), "Mz" for [[mezzo-soprano]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tfront.com/p-146873-requiem-for-s-mz-t-b-soli-satb-chorus-and-orchestra-latin-ed-by-kurt-soldan.aspx |title=Requiem : For S Mz T B Soli, SATB Chorus, and Orchestra [Latin] |last=Verdi |first=Giuseppe |editor-first=Kurt |editor-last=Soldan |website=tfront.com |year=2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507153517/https://www.tfront.com/p-146873-requiem-for-s-mz-t-b-soli-satb-chorus-and-orchestra-latin-ed-by-kurt-soldan.aspx |archive-date=2022-05-07 }}</ref> "Ba", "Bar" or "Bari" for [[baritone]], "C" for both canto (the highest part) and [[contralto]], and "Ct" for [[countertenor]].<ref>[https://www.universaledition.com/miserere-fuer-soli-sopran-alt-ct-2-tenor-bass-chor-satb-ensemble-und-orgel-paert-arvo-ue30871 Arvo Pärt: Miserere] Universal Edition 2022</ref> "SATB div." indicates that parts are sometimes divided ([[divisi]]) during a piece, often sharing the same [[Staff (music)|staff]].

Moreover, multiple parts can be assigned; first tenors, second basses, and so on.