History:Instrument Tree/Requests

This page NeedsIntertwingling. it currently is an orphan, and that is very bad. --DonRedman

Discuss Instrument additions and instrument addition wishes here. please use trac to add the request when decided upon.

I may ask for more information about instruments if none is given. The best way to get your pet instrument added is by doing some research, give a short concise explanation on what it is, and providing links. thank you. ~mo

List

• list begins here
• Acoustic/Electric Baritone Guitar more information please

Discussion

Why shouldn't particular types of synth be added? They're frequently listed on CDs and some people care what type of synth was played. Why not make them subtypes of 'Synthesizer'. PaulSharpe

• Because it's impossible to keep up with them all, especially considering the protracted process by which new instruments need to go through before they are added. I've said time and time again that this is all NUTS - what we need are a few (50 tops) instrument/role macro-categories, and then a free text field by which users can input qualifiers. Eg: "Synthesizer [[[Mini Moog|MiniMoog]]]". --Gecks
  • Free text fields are not possible in the current AdvancedRelationships implementation. (And also I think a mixture of a list and free text is counter productive, but well..) You guys are just too impatient. :) Let mo finish his job of restructuring the tree and after that he will create a wiki page to make the process of adding instruments much faster. Noone will die inbetween. And it will prevent total chaos to do it structured and in this order. --Shepard

The number of different synths produced numbers in the several hundreds. Roland alone has made well over 100 different synths and tone generators. Do you want to start listing all of those? That's a slipperly slope to be on. Besides, they are just models and brands. In the end the artist is still playing a synthesizer. If we start listing those then to be consistent we'd have to list the brand and model of all of the other instruments. Does it matter that Jaco Pastorius played a Fender Precision Bass on most of his albums or can we be content to know that he played electric bass guitar? Likewise, does it really matter that Lyle Mays played a Korg Triton and a Steinway Grand on the last Pat Metheny album or is knowing that he played synthesizer and piano enough? MattPerry

Failed, and why

• Indian Strings NOTE: will not be added as it is to generic - what should we use when it's listed on a CD as an instrument then? -- Then try to find out exactly what kind of Indian stringed instrument it is. See: http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/instruments.html
• Tabla (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabla) already here, see Goblet Drum
• Guitar Synthesizer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_synthesizer) This shouldn't be added either. Just because you added a MIDI pickup to your guitar it doesn't change the fact that you're still playing a guitar.
• E-mu Synthesizer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mu) This is just a brand of synth. It should not be added.
• Yamaha DX7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DX7) This is just a brand and model of synth. It should not be added.

Recently Added

• Djembe
• Turntables
• Electric Sitar / Sitar Guitar (http://www.jerryjonesguitars.com)
• Omnichord (much like the QChord, manufactured by Suzuki, electronic, now obsolete, used by David Bowiw and Jarvis Cocker amongst others)
• Minimoog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimoog) This is just a brand and model of synth. It should not be added.