Wikipedia:WikiProject Musical Instruments
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Welcome to the Musical Instruments WikiProject, a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Musical Instruments.
(For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and the Guide to WikiProjects).
- Goals
- Standardize the appearance and layout of musical instrument related articles.
- Improve and generally guide the development of musical instrument related articles.
- Scope
- Any article relating to musical instruments.
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[edit] Guidelines
As we have just formed, we will likely be discussing this very matter once we have a workable number of participants. Please see the guideline page for further discussion.
[edit] Open tasks
To-Do List
for the Musical Instruments WikiProject
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[edit] Participants
Please feel free to add your name to this list of members and honoured guests. There is no minimum or maximum participation level, these two divisions are for you to determine where you believe you would fit best.
It would also help the project if you would indicate any areas of particular interest. This way, if there is an article that may especially interest you, you could be notified of the required assistance.
- NOTE: Italicized dates immediately after the username indicates when the name was first added to this list.
[edit] Members
- Barkjon (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - learning drummer (on drum kit) and guitarist. I love percussion instruments!
- Basketball110 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - cello
- Laser brain (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - Multi-instrumentalist.
- Meldshal42 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (2 July 2007): I play the trumpet, and I'm extremely musically entwined.
- Melodia (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (10 April 2007): I played (Bass) Clarinet, Piano, and other various instruments when younger.
- TUF-KAT (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (June 17 2008)
- Weissmann (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (June 17 2008)
- Wikidude57 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - I play recorder,clarinet and piano
- Hornplayer2 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (13 June 2008): I rock your socks on the French horn
- nrswanson (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (August 15 2008) : I am a professional opera singer now but a long time woodwind (many kinds) and piano player.
- Foolestroupe (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (September 30 2008) : Multi-Instrumentalist and singer.
- Tennisetviola (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (October 29 2008) : I am a violist.
- Patrickmcg (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (December 23 2008) : BME, MM, I'm an oboist/multi-instrumentalist
- Geofferybard (talk · contribs) Viol family instruments violin, fiddle, viola de gamba, guitar, a bit of experimentation with (diatonic)blues harp, mandolin, transverse flute, interested in shakuhachi, all clavichord->synthesizer and Latin percussion. Cage, Shostakovich, Jean Luc Ponty, Papa John Creach. Write songs some simple composing also. Pretty good on theory for non-conservatory grad:up on modes, blues scale, etc but not a jazz head.
- YelloCello (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) I'm a cellist! (hence username) I'll be doing a lot of stuff pertaining to orchestra around here.
- KSWarrior8 (talk) 18:00, 6 March 2009 (UTC) I am a learning drummer and pianist
- Ninehouse (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - musician, music teacher, specifically interested in organology, Hornbostel-Sachs
- Charlesb1970 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - professional trumpet player. I am also interested in music theory.
- Antonio Lopez (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (29 May 2009) Euphonium
- jonesdaniel4291 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - Eb Horn player
- Diligence 5960 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - Woodwinds
- Sanethhilll (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - French horn, and Keyboard, a perfect combination!!
- Jaxdelaguerre (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (4 October 2009): Polymusician, I've been editing the brass pages, especially Alto Horn.
- Midiboxaddict (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (December 16 2009): I'm a synthesizer collector and builder.
- Mega Gamer05 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (December 27 2009): I play guitar and clarinet
- Hanjay09 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (January 30 2010): I play Cello, Sing and am Learning to play Piano and sing. (classically)
- Backtable (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (May 6, 2010): I play guitar, keyboard, vocals, drums, and flute; I used to play steel drum, alto saxophone, and recorder. I am working on a music career.
- synthfiend (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (Nov 5, 2010): I play synthesizer, piano, and keyboard. My primary interest here is the history related to designers and manufacturers of synthesizers and recording equipment.
- Focus (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (Nov 27, 2010) - I play violin; very interested in Stradivari instruments.
- Rwberndt (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (Apr 12, 2011) - I play euphonium and abuse Trumpet for fun. I have been working on biographies and company history entries related to brass instrument makers.
- AMVStecker (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (June 24 2011): I study music at the university level, and play carillon and am currently learning organ, but have been playing trumpet and other wind band instruments for about 8 years and singing in sacred and secular settings since I was a small child. I also have experience with the great highland bagpipes, baroque recorder, pennywhistle, handbell choirs, and other various instruments.
[edit] Honoured Guests
- Andrewa (talk · contribs · count) - 14 April 2007: Drummer and occasional player of many instruments including almost anything with frets. Particularly interested in cymbal articles, and to a lesser degree with drum kit, fretted instrument and electric and electronic equipment articles.
- Bibliomaniac15 (talk · contribs · count) - 25 January 2007: I play the violin and piano, and am in a string orchestra, so I think I can contribute to those articles.
- CharlieHuang (talk · contribs · count) - 28 April 2007: Guqin player of the UK. Former admin de facto bona fide, contributor and editor to the guqin articles.
- Daniel Alan Phillips (talk · contribs · count) - 15 May 2007: I have a bachelor's degree in music, play synths, piano, drums, and a little pedal steel guitar, and sing. In the past, I've written extensively about topics in electronic music for Electronic Musician magazine. I produce and compose, and work for a major synthesizer manufacturer. I'll spend time as it's available.
- Deborahjay (talk · contribs · count) - 21 April 2007: Willing to copyedit and Wikify translated articles and those written in non-native English.
- Metalcore424 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (9 April 2007): Percussionist and self-taught theorist, as well as beginner pianist.
- Rigadoun (talk · contribs · count) - 28 April 2007: I play many different instruments, and have contributed many related to the gamelan. I put myself here as I'm not sure how much time I can devote to the project, but I'm all in favor of improving and systematizing these articles.
- Strobilus (talk · contribs · count) - 9 April 2007: Mostly interested in percussion instruments.
- Swellbow (talk · contribs · count) - 17 April 2007: Drummer interested in drums and hammered dulcimers around the world.
- Theodore Kloba (talk · contribs · count) - 28 April 2007: I play: piano, guitar, bass guitar, Chemnitzer concertina/Bandonion (both of which I also repair), and am learning: Cümbüş, Kanklės, Garmon', drums; I have tagged many of the articles I've contributed to with {{WPMusInst |quality=|importance=}}, and I'd like someone less involved with them to assess quality/importance.
- Wbchilds (talk · contribs · count) - 23 April 2007: I play the cornet and piano, and in a range of brass and jazz bands and orchestras. I have a strong interest in brass music so I can contribute there!
- Yvesnimmo (talk · contribs · count) - 13 June 2007: I play violin and piano and could contribute to many pages.
- SeanMD80 (talk · contribs · count) - 10 January 2008: -- I play piano, clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano sax.
- MatthewVanitas (talk · contribs · count) - 5 April 2008: -- I play assorted traditional string instruments (ukulele, dulcimer). Been focusing on adding subsections (or articles if merited) for interesting variants such as reso-ukes, etc.
- Wiki libs (talk · contribs · count) I guess I fit here. Was a professional touring sidesman(guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, dulcimer, piano, synths, harmonica, uke, cowbell whatever I got paid most for :-D) from 1978 to 1992.
- Beggarsbanquet (talk · contribs · count)- 15 October 2008: I'm a composer so I have a lot of general knowledge about instruments (and I've played in string/full orchestras, symphonic bands and jazz bands), but I'm particularly knowledgeable about the classical strings. Willing to help wherever I can.
- jclifford1 (talk · contribs · count)- 1 December 2008:-- Im a cantonese-opera musician. I play erxian,gaohu, yehu, percussion, and a bunch of other Chinese instruments.
- HexaChord (talk · contribs · count)- 1 February 2009:-- Playing several instruments to a certain extend.
- MarkKalien (talk · contribs · count)- 2009: I play brass and woodwind intstruments.
- jbgg007 (talk · contribs · count)- 26 May 2009: I play brass, horn primarily, in a wide variety of ensembles. I will help where I can, but I have more knowledge of the horn than of any other instrument.
- Tunborough (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (5 December 2010): Interested in the acoustics of musical instruments, early music and early instruments. Some experience with instrument making. Have an engineering background and not afraid of math.
[edit] Articles
[edit] Featured content
[edit] Candidates
[edit] Former featured articles
[edit] Good articles
- Pipe organ - October 2006
- Kulintang - March 2007
- Gandingan - April 2007
- Agung - June 2007
- Clarinet - re-listed July 2009
[edit] Former Good articles
- String instrument - delisted September 2006
- Piano - delisted October 2006
- Cello - delisted November 2006
- Hurdy gurdy - delisted June 2009
[edit] New articles
Please feel free to list your new Musical Instruments-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page.
- Kagurabue, Japanese transverse flute (stub, July 2011)
- Mashak, a Northern Indian bagpipe (April 2011)
- Sruti upanga, a South Indian bagpipe (April 2011)
- Mandore (instrument) older article, completely rewritten (December 2010)
[edit] Collaboration and review
[edit] Templates
Template page (a collection of templates)
[edit] By region
- {{asianmusicalinstruments}}
- {{Fue}}
- {{S Filipino instruments}}
- {{Arabic musical instruments}}
- {{Iranian musical instruments}}
- {{Turkish musical instruments}}
[edit] Morphology
- {{Hornbostel-Sachs instruments}}
- {{Instruments}}
- {{Woodwinds}}
- {{Brass}}
- {{String instruments}}
- {{Percussion}}
- {{Squeezebox}}
- {{Infobox Instrument}}
Project templates
- {{Musical-instrument-stub}}
- {{Catbox WPMusInst}}
- {{WPMusInst}}
- {{User WPMusInst}}
[edit] Userboxes
There are userboxes for members, which adds them to Category:WikiProject Musical Instruments members. To add the userbox of your choice to your user page, use this template with these options. The full instructions and documentation are on the userbox documentation page.
- {{User WPMusInst}}
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This user is a member of the Musical Instruments WikiProject. |
- {{User WPMusInst |guest=yes}}
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This user is an honoured guest of the Musical Instruments WikiProject. |
- {{User WPMusInst |family=brass}}
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This user is a member of the Musical Instruments WikiProject. |
- {{User WPMusInst |family=keyboards}}
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This user is a member of the Musical Instruments WikiProject. |
- {{User WPMusInst |family=percussion}}
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This user is a member of the Musical Instruments WikiProject. |
- {{User WPMusInst |family=strings}}
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This user is a member of the Musical Instruments WikiProject. |
- {{User WPMusInst |family=woodwinds}}
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This user is a member of the Musical Instruments WikiProject. |
[edit] Lists
- List of musical instruments
- List of folk music traditions with subpages listing instruments
- List of Caribbean drums
- List of archaic musical instruments - this one needs attention
- List of membranophones
- Traditional Chinese musical instruments
- Traditional Japanese musical instruments
- Traditional Korean musical instruments
- List of string instruments
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[edit] Resources
- Sachs, Curt (September 10 2006) (Paperback). The History of Musical Instruments. Dover Publications. pp. 560 pp. ISBN 9780486452654.
- Wade-Matthews, Max (March 25 2003) (Paperback). Musical Instruments (Illustrated Encyclopedia). Lorenz Books. pp. 168 pp. ISBN 9780754811824.
- Baines, Anthony (October 29 1992) (Hardcover). The Oxford Companion to Musical Instruments. Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 416 pp. ISBN 9780193113341.
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