Template:Infobox instrument/doc
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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Infobox instrument. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
Code[edit source]
image caption | |
background | |
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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]
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TemplateData for Infobox instrument
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"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>
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