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 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 | 0 |
| Decay | 0.012 |
| Playing range | |
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range [music notation] E1-G7 ["low"/"medium"/"high"] | |
| Related instruments | |
| related | |
| Musicians | |
| musicians | |
| Composers | |
| composers | |
| Builders | |
| builders | |
| Sound sample | |
| sound sample | |
| More articles or information | |
| 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 = {{bulleted list|x|y}}
| musicians =
| builders =
| articles =
}}
Usage
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. Use {{bulleted list}} to list multiple instruments. |
| musicians | – related musicians. Use {{bulleted list}} to list multiple musicians. |
| composers | – related composers. |
| builders | – related musical instrument makers. Use {{bulleted list}} to list multiple makers. |
| sound sample | – related sample. |
| articles | – more information or other articles which may be of interest. Use {{bulleted list}} to list multiple articles. |
TemplateData
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TemplateData for Infobox instrument An infobox for articles about musical instruments
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