Instrument Relationship Attribute

Relationship Attribute "Instrument"

Description

This AdvancedRelationshipAttribute specifies which instrument an artist played. Note that an artist can play more than one instrument on the same track, which can be represented by adding one relationship for each instrument.

mo has developed an AdvancedInstrumentTree, which should soon supercede this one.

Possible Values

Please discuss new instrument requests at InstrumentAdditionDiscussion.

• Wind Instruments
  • Woodwind
    • Double reed
    • *Bagpipe
    • *Bassoon
    • *Contrabassoon
    • *English Horn
    • *Oboe
    • Other
    • *Bull-roarer
    • *Serpent
    • Clarinet
    • *Alto clarinet
    • *Bass clarinet
    • *Contrabass clarinet
    • Flute
    • *Vertical flute
    • *Ocarina
    • *Pan pipes
    • *Piccolo
    • *Recorder flute
    • *Shakuhachi (Japanese end-blown flute (尺八))
    • Saxophone
    • *Soprano saxophone
    • *Alto saxophone
    • *Tenor saxophone
    • *Baritone saxophone

• • Other
    • Conch
    • Didgeridoo

• • Brass
    • Cornet
    • Horn
    • *Alphorn
    • *Baritone horn
    • *Flugelhorn
    • *French horn
    • *Tenor Horn (Alto Horn)
    • Trombone
    • *Sackbut
    • Trumpet
    • Tuba
    • *Euphonium
    • *Sousaphone
    • *Wagner tuba
    • Other
    • *Bugle
    • *Mellophone
    • *Ophicleide
    • *Shofar

• • Free reed
    • Accordion
    • Concertina
    • Harmonica
    • Melodica
    • Sheng

• String instruments
  • Bass
    • Acoustic upright bass
    • Electric upright bass
    • Acoustic bass guitar
    • Electric bass guitar

• • Guitars
    • Acoustic guitar
    • *Spanish acoustic guitar
    • Classical guitar
    • Electric Guitar
    • Slide guitar
    • Steel guitar

• • Harp
  • Violins
    • Double Bass / Contrabass
    • Cello
    • Fiddle
    • Violin
    • Viola

• • Other
    • Aeolian harp
    • Appalachian Dulcimer
    • Balalaika
    • Banjo
    • Berimbau
    • Biwa
    • Bouzouki
    • Mandolin
    • Musical bow
    • Crwth
    • Gayageum
    • Geomungo
    • Hammered dulcimer
    • Hardanger
    • Hurdy gurdy
    • Jew's harp
    • Komungo
    • Kora
    • Koto
    • Lute
    • Lyre
    • Mbira
    • Psaltery
    • Samisen (or shamisen)
    • Sitar
    • Ukulele
    • Tres
    • Vieille
    • Vihuela
    • Viola da Gamba
    • Viola d'amore
    • Violotta
    • Washtub bass
    • Xalam (or khalam)
    • Zither

• Percussion instruments
  • Drums
    • Drumset
    • Congas
    • Bongos
    • Snare Drum
    • Other

• • Modern percussion
    • Cowbell
    • Ratchet
    • Spoons
    • Vibraslap
    • Washboard
    • Wood Block

• • Other
    • Temple Blocks

• • Orchestral Percussion
    • Timbales
    • Triangle
    • Whip

• • Latin Percussion
    • Afuche
    • Castanets
    • Claves
    • Doyra
    • Güiro
    • Maracas
    • Mendoza

• • Tuned Percussion
    • Bells
    • Crotales
    • Glockenspiel
    • Marimba
    • Timpani
    • Tubular Bells
    • Vibraphone
    • Xylophone

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

• Keyboard instruments
  • Calliope
  • Carillon
  • Celesta
  • Clavichord
  • Harpsichord
  • Mellotron
  • Organ
    • Hammond Organ
    • Harmonium
    • Pipe organ

• • Piano
    • Grand Piano
    • Rhodes Piano
    • Upright Piano

• Other instruments
  • Hardart
  • Kazoo
  • Lasso d'amore
  • Musical Saw
  • Singing bowl
  • Suikinkutsu

Used with Types

This attribute can be applied to the following AdvancedRelationshipTypes:

• PerformerRelationshipType

It's been proposed that it should be possible to specify an instrument when recording a person's membership of a band (MusicalAssociationRelationshipClass).

It has also been proposed that it should be possible to specify an instrument when recording a person's musical support of a solo artist SupportingMusicianRelationshipType.

Discussion

Taxonomy

Could someone explain where this taxonomy came from? I'm sure there's been plenty of work done in the field of instrument taxonomy, so hopefully we're not duplicating this work ourselves. --MatthewExon