User:Nikki/Japanese stuff

Dates

Years on older releases (taken from the letters in "NIHON RECORD KYOUKAI" [1]):

• N = 1984
• I = 1985
• H = 1986
• O = 1987
• R = 1988
• E = 1989
• C = 1990
• D = 1991
• K = 1992

Catalogue numbers

First two letters for the company - list

Third letter for the formats - list

Barcodes

Releases use EAN-13s starting with 45 or 49.

Older releases can have the barcode prefixed with a T for OCR. [2]

ISRCs

Third to fifth letters for the company - list

Databases

• Music Forest - database of works and recordings
• J-WID - JASRAC's work database

Classical

Keys are structured as [sharp/flat][note][major/minor]

• sharp: 嬰
• flat: 変

• A: イ
• B: ロ
• C: ハ
• D: ニ
• E: ホ
• F: へ
• G: ト

• major: 長調
• minor: 短調

Other words:

• 交響曲: symphony
• 協奏曲: concerto
• ソナタ: sonata
• 前奏曲: prelude, overture
• フーガ: fugue
• パルティータ: partita
• ワルツ: waltz
• 夜想曲: nocturne
• 練習曲: étude
• バラード: ballade

• 第...番: no. ...
• 第...楽章: ...th movement
• 作品...: op. ...

Other stuff

JASRAC release license numbers: 7 digit number prefixed with "R-" for CDs, "T-" for cassettes, "V-" for VHS or DVD. [3] [4]