Template:Infobox instrument/doc
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Code[edit source]
 image caption | |
| background | |
|---|---|
| Other names | names |
| Classification | classification |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | hombostel_sachs (hombostel_sachs_desc) |
| Inventor(s) | inventors |
| Developed | developed |
| Timbre | timbre |
| Volume | volume |
| Attack | attack |
| Decay | decay |
| Playing range | |
|
range [music notation] pitch ["low"/"medium"/"high"] | |
| Related instruments | |
| related | |
| Musicians | |
| musicians | |
| Builders | |
| builders | |
| More articles | |
| articles | |
{{Infobox instrument
| name = {{subst:PAGENAMEBASE}}
| image = Replace this image butterfly.png
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| background =
| names =
| classification =
| hornbostel_sachs =
| hornbostel_sachs_desc =
| inventors =
| developed =
| timbre =
| volume =
| attack =
| decay =
| range =
| pitch =
| related =
| musicians =
| builders =
| articles =
}}
Usage[edit source]
This template, meant to be used on all musical instrument pages, takes the following parameters (bold parameters are required, others are optional):
| name | – full name of the instrument - using WikiProject Musical Instruments/Templates/Infobox instrument/doc will set this field to the name of the article |
| image | – the filename of a photo of the instrument |
| caption | - a caption for the photo of the instrument |
| background | – the general classification of the instrument ('keyboard', 'woodwind', 'brass', 'string', 'percussion', 'electronic', or 'other') used to choose the color scheme of the infobox and populate a simple classification link-header below the image caption |
| names | – other name/names |
| classification | – the classification of the instrument (such as string, woodwind, etc.) |
| hornbostel_sachs | - the Hornbostel–Sachs classification of the instrument (or 'NaN', if not specified, such as for the Hydraulophone) |
| hornbostel_sachs_desc | - a textual description of the Hornbostel–Sachs classification |
| inventors | - the inventor(s) of the instrument, if known |
| developed | - the rough time period (and instrument from which) the instrument was developed (e.g. "Early 16th century" for the violin, "Early 18th century from the chalumeau" for the clarinet, etc.) |
| timbre | - the sound quality of the instrument |
| volume | - how loud the instrument is: "low", "medium", "high" |
| attack | - how quickly the instrument begins making sound when it starts being played: "slow", "medium", "fast" |
| decay | - how long the sound fades after the instrument stops being played: "slow", "medium", "fast" |
| range | - the playing range of the instrument (an image is preferred; many are already created, see commons:Category:Instrument ranges) |
| pitch | - the playing range of the instrument, without image: "low", "medium", "high" |
| related | - related musical instruments |
| musicians | - related musicians |
| builders | - related musical instrument makers |
| articles | - other articles which may be of interest |
TemplateData[edit source]
This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly error report for this template.
TemplateData for Infobox instrument
<templatedata> {
"description": "An infobox for articles about musical instruments",
"params": {
"name": {
"label": "Name",
"description": "The name of the instrument",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"image": {
"label": "Image",
"description": "The file name for an image of the instrument",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"caption": {
"label": "Caption",
"description": "An description of the image",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"background": {
"label": "Background",
"description": "The general classification of the instrument ('keyboard', 'woodwind', 'brass', 'string', 'percussion', 'electronic', or 'other') used to choose the color scheme of the infobox and populate a simple classification link-header below the image caption",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"names": {
"label": "Names",
"description": "Alternative names for the instrument",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"classification": {
"label": "Classification",
"description": "The general classification of the instrument - Idiophone, Membranophone, Chordophone, Aerophone, Electrophone",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"hornbostel_sachs ": {
"label": "Hornbostel-Sachs",
"description": "The Hornbostel-Sachs number of the instrument ",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"hornbostel_sachs_desc ": {
"label": "Hornbostel-Sachs Description",
"description": "The name of the Hornbostel-Sachs subcategory of the instrument ",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"inventors": {
"label": "Inventors",
"description": "The inventor(s) of the instrument, if known",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"pitch": {
"label": "Pitch",
"description": "the playing range of the instrument, without image: 'low', 'medium', 'high'",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"related": {
"label": "Related",
"description": "related musical instruments",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"musicians": {
"label": "Musicians",
"description": "Notable musicians",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"builders": {
"label": "Builders",
"description": "Notable music instrument makers",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"developed": {
"label": "Developed",
"description": "the rough time period (and instrument from which) the instrument was developed (e.g. 'Early 16th century' for the violin, 'Early 18th century from the chalumeau' for the clarinet, etc.)",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"timbre": {
"label": "Timbre",
"description": "The sound quality of the instrument",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"volume": {
"label": "Volume",
"description": "How loud the instrument is - 'low', 'medium', 'high'",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"attack": {
"label": "Attack",
"description": "how quickly the instrument begins making sound when it starts being played - 'slow', 'medium', 'fast'",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"decay": {
"label": "Decay",
"description": "how long the sound fades after the instrument stops being played: 'slow', 'medium', 'fast'",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"range": {
"label": "Range",
"description": "The playing range of the instrument (an image is preferred, many are already created, see commons:Category:Instrument ranges')",
"type": "string",
"required": false
},
"articles": {
"label": "Articles",
"description": "Other articles which may be of interest",
"type": "string",
"required": false
}
}
}</templatedata>
See also[edit source]