User:Nikki/Instruments

Ideas for if/when we have instrument entities (MBS-3674).

Possible relationships

Instrument-instrument

• <instrument> is a type of <instrument>, e.g. <huqin> is a type of <string instrument>.
• <instrument> is derived from <instrument>, e.g. <shamisen> is derived from <sanshin>.
• <instrument> is a style of playing of <instrument>, e.g. <fiddle> is a style of playing of <violin>.
• <instrument> consists of <instrument>, e.g. <drumset> consists of <hi-hat>, <tom tom>, ....
• Perhaps <instrument> is related to <instrument> for cases where it's not clear whether it's derived or just related.
• Instruments could be migrated using a generic <instrument> has child instrument <instrument> relationship which would be deprecated immediately and removed once we've fixed all the relationships.

Instrument-URL

• <instrument> has a Wikipedia page at <URL>. Obviously.
• <instrument> has an image at <URL>. Ideally Commons links that we could display in the sidebar.

Instrument-location

Once we have locations... (MBS-799).

• <instrument> is an instrument from <location>, e.g. <sanshin> is an instrument from <Okinawa>, <khim> is an instrument from <Thailand> and <Cambodia>.

Possible fields

• Hornbostel-Sachs classification.
• A type, to distinguish families of instruments (string instruments, duct flutes) from individual instruments (viola, descant recorder). But what about vague ones like "recorder"? "Generic instrument" perhaps.
• Disambiguation comment, e.g. <tar> (drum), <tar> (lute).
• Aliases, e.g. descant recorder (en-GB) and soprano recorder (en-US); recorder (en) and Blockflöte (de), double bass (en) and contrabass (en).

Issues

• Ordering things by range, e.g. saxophone has sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass and we order them from highest to lowest.
• Descriptions should be translatable.