User:Nikki/Japanese stuff
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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
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
- 第...番: no. ...
- 第...楽章: ...th movement
- 作品...: op. ...
Alternate names for instruments
- ウッドベース、ストリングベース "wood bass" "string bass": double bass/contrabass
- クラクション "klaxon": car horn
- オルゴール "orgel": music box
