History:Instrument Tree/Requests: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 12:38, 6 November 2005

Status: It is work in progress, ignore it for the time being

ok, ignore this part. just look at the part that begins with 'instruments'

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additional (This attribute describes if a particular performance role was considered normal or additional.)
dissolving (This attribute describes if a particular artist was in the group/collaboration when it was dissolved)
founding (This attribute describes if a particular artist was a founding member of this group/collaboration)
guest (This attribute indicates a 'guest' performance where the performer is not usually part of the band.)
minor (This attribute describes if a particular cooperation was considered equal or minor.)
vocal (This attribute describes a type of vocal performance.)
- Lead (Lead or solo vocal)
  - Alto (Alto)
  - Bass-Baritone (Bass-Baritone)
  - Contralto (Contralto)
  - Baritone (Baritone)
  - Bass (Bass)
  - Contra-tenor (Contra-tenor)
  - Mezzo-soprano (Mezzo-soprano)
  - Soprano (Soprano)
  - Tenor (Tenor)

- Background (Background vocal)
  - Choir/Chourus (Choir/Chourus)

- Narrator (Narrator)
  - Reader (Reader)

instrument (This attribute describes the possible instruments that can be captured as part of a performance.)
- Wind instruments (Wind instruments)
  - Woodwind (Woodwind)
    - Reeds (Reeds)
      - Double reed (Double reed)
        Bagpipe (Bagpipe)
        Uilleann pipes (blown using small bellows strapped around the waist)

- - - - Bassoon (Bassoon)
        
        Contrabassoon (Contrabassoon)
        
        Oboe (Oboe)
        English Horn (English Horn (Cor Anglais))
        
        Heckelphone (Heckelphone)

- - - - Singular reed (Singular Reed)
        Clarinet (Clarinet )
        Alto clarinet (Alto clarinet)
        
        Bass clarinet (Bass clarinet)
        
        Contrabass clarinet (Contrabass clarinet)

- - - - Saxophone (Saxophone )
        Soprano saxophone (Soprano saxophone)
        
        Alto saxophone (Alto saxophone)
        
        Tenor saxophone (Tenor saxophone)
        
        Baritone saxophone (Baritone saxophone)

- - - - Free reed (Free reed)
        Jew's harp (Jew's harp)
        
        Accordion (Accordion)
        
        Concertina (Concertina)
        
        Harmonica (Harmonica)
        
        Melodica (Melodica)
        
        Sheng (Sheng)

- - - Flute (Flute)
      - Fipple flutes (Fipple flutes)
        Piccolo (Piccolo flute)
        
        Vertical flute (Vertical flute)
        
        Recorder flute (Recorder flute (Blockflöte))
        
        Willow flute (Willow flute (seljefløyte))
        
        Shakuhachi (Japanese end-blown flute)
        
        Tin whistle (Tin whistle)
        
        Slide whistle (Slide whistle)

- - - - Other flutes (Other flutes)
        Pan pipes (Pan pipes)
        
        Ocarina (Ocarina)
        
        Nose flute (Nose flute)

- - Brass (Brass)
    - Valved brass instruments (Valved brass instruments)
      - Trumpet (Trumpet)
      - Cornet (Cornet)
      - Flugelhorn (Flugelhorn)
      - Mellophone (Mellophone)
      - Horn (Horn)
        French horn (French horn)
        
        Baritone horn (Baritone horn)
        
        Tenor horn (Alto horn) (Tenor horn (Alto horn))

- - - - Tuba (Tuba)
        Euphonium (Euphonium)
        
        Sousaphone (Sousaphone)
        
        Wagner tuba (Wagner tuba)

- - - Slide brass instruments (Slide brass instruments)
      - Trombone (Trombone)
        Bass Trombone (bass trombone)
        
        Sackbut (Sackbut)

- - - Keyed brass instruments (Keyed brass instruments)
      - Serpent (Serpent)
      - Cornett (Cornett)

- - - Natural brass instruments (Natural brass instruments)
      - Bugle (Bugle)
      - Alphorn (Alphorn)
      - Shofar (Shofar)
      - Conch (Conch shell)
      - Didgeridoo (Didgeridoo)

- - Organ (Organ)
    - Hammond organ (Hammond organ)
    - Pipe organ (Pipe organ)
    - Reed organ (Reed organ)
      - Harmonium (Harmonium)

- String instruments (String instruments)
  - Bowed string instruments (Bowed string instruments)
    - Violins (Violins)
      - Double Bass / Contrabass (Double Bass / Contrabass)
      - Cello (Cello)
      - Fiddle (Fiddle)
      - Violin (Violin)
        Alto Violin (alto violin)

- - - - Viola (Viola)
      - Hardanger (Hardanger)

- - - Crwth (Crwth)
    - Viola d'amore (Viola d'amore)
    - Violotta (Violotta)

- - Plucked string instruments (Plucked string instruments)
    - Guitars (Guitars)
      - Guitar
      - Acoustic guitar (Acoustic guitar)
        Spanish acoustic guitar (Spanish acoustic guitar)
        
        Classical guitar (Classical guitar)

- - - - Electric Guitar (Electric Guitar)
      - Slide guitar (Slide guitar)
      - Steel guitar (Steel guitar)

- - - Bass (Bass)
      - Acoustic bass guitar (Acoustic bass guitar)
        Electric bass guitar (Electric bass guitar)

- - - - Acoustic upright bass (Acoustic upright bass)
        Electric upright bass (Electric upright bass)

- - - Bouzouki (Bouzouki)
    - Balalaika (Balalaika)
    - Turkish bağlama (Turkish bağlama)
      - Greek baglama Greek baglama

- - - Banjo (Banjo)
    - Appalachian Dulcimer (Appalachian Dulcimer)
    - Harp (Harp)
    - Harpsichord (Harpsichord)
    - Kora (Kora)
    - Koto (Koto)
    - Lute (Lute)
      - Oud (a small, pear-shaped, stringed musical instrument, still in use in many Arab musical traditions)

- - - Lyre (Lyre)
    - Mandolin (Mandolin)
    - Musical bow (Musical bow)
    - Psaltery (Psaltery)
    - Shamisen (Shamisen (Samisen))
    - Sitar (Sitar)
    - Tres (Tres)
    - Ukulele (Ukulele)
    - Vihuela (Vihuela)
    - Zither (Zither)

- - Struck string instruments (Struck string instruments)
    - Clavichord (Clavichord)
    - Hammered dulcimer (Hammered dulcimer)
    - Piano (Piano)
      - Grand Piano (Grand Piano)
      - Rhodes Piano (Rhodes Piano)
      - Upright Piano (Upright Piano)

- - Other (Other String instruments)
    - Aeolian harp (Aeolian harp)
    - Hurdy gurdy (Hurdy gurdy)
    - Berimbau (Berimbau)
    - Biwa (Biwa)
    - Gayageum (Gayageum)
    - Geomungo (Geomungo)
    - Komungo (Komungo)
    - Mbira (Mbira)
    - Vieille (Vieille)
    - Viola da Gamba (Viola da Gamba)
    - Washtub bass (Washtub bass)
    - Xalam (khalam) (Xalam (Khalam))

- Keyboard instruments (Keyboard instruments)
  - Calliope (Calliope)
  - Clavinet (clavinet)
  - Keyboard (Keyboard)
  - Carillon (Carillon)
  - Celesta (Celesta)
  - Mellotron (Mellotron)

- Percussion instruments (Percussion instruments)
  - Drums (Drums)
    - Drumset (Drumset)
    - Congas (Congas)
    - Bongos (Bongos)
    - Snare Drum (Snare Drum)
    - Other (Other Drums)
      - Goblet drum (has many many names. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblet_drum)

- - Modern percussion (Modern (non-traditional) instruments)
    - Cowbell (Cowbell)
    - Ratchet (Ratchet)
    - Spoons (Spoons)
    - Vibraslap (Vibraslap)
    - Washboard (Washboard)
    - Wood Block (Wood Block)

- - Latin Percussion (Latin Percussion)
    - Afuche (Afuche)
    - Castanets (Castanets)
    - Claves (Claves)
    - Doyra (Doyra)
    - Güiro (Güiro)
    - Maracas (Maracas)
    - Mendoza (Mendoza)

- - Tuned Percussion (Tuned Percussion)
    - Bells (Bells)
    - Crotales (Crotales)
    - Glockenspiel (Glockenspiel)
    - Marimba (Marimba)
    - Timpani (Timpani)
    - Tubular Bells (Tubular Bells)
    - Vibraphone (Vibraphone)
    - Whistle (Whistle)
    - Xylophone (Xylophone)

- - Other (Other percussion instruments)
    - Temple Blocks (Temple Blocks)
    - Orchestral Percussion (Orchestral Percussion)
    - Timbales (Timbales)
    - Triangle (Triangle)
    - Whip (Whip)

- Electronic instruments (Electronic instruments)
  - Denis d'or (Denis d'or)
  - Dubreq Stylophone (Dubreq Stylophone)
  - Drum machine (Drum machine)
  - Ondes Martenot (Ondes Martenot)
  - Sampler (Sampler)
  - Synclavier (Synclavier)
  - Synthesizer (Synthesizer)
  - Teleharmonium (Teleharmonium)
  - Theremin (Theremin)

- Other instruments (Other instruments)
  - Thai instruments (asked for by mo.)
    - Dàn nguyêt (a two-stringed lute with a circular, flat body, related to the corresponding chinese instrument "moon lute")
    - Dàn tỳ bà (Four-stringed lute with a pear-shaped body. Like the "moon lute", it has greatly elevated frets at the neck.)

- - Bull-roarer (Bull-roarer)
  - Hardart (Hardart)
  - Kazoo (Kazoo)
  - Lasso d'amore (Lasso d'amore)
  - Musical Saw (Musical Saw)
  - Singing bowl (Singing bowl)
  - Suikinkutsu (Suikinkutsu (Japanese water zither))

Still missing instruments

See mails at http://lists.musicbrainz.org/pipermail/musicbrainz-users/2005-April/020476.html (requested in april!!!)

Waterphone
Glass (H)armonica (http://library.thinkquest.org/22254/armonica.htm)
Handbells
Indian Strings
Free reed: Bandoneón

Can we please have the 'Sho' added - http://www.asza.com/isho.shtml. --Gecks

History:Instrument Tree/Requests: Difference between revisions

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