Please your input on how to set the type for an original instrumental work of modern music

[musicwoman]

Good morning to you all

I am really happy that the confusion about “what is a work” has been solved because it makes it a lot easier for people like me to list music here on Music Brainz.

I am also happy that we came so far in our discussion about the types of a work here in this thread, though the discussion has not always been pleasant, and I am really sorry for that.

@Torc

I completely agree. I was basing my comment on the Work type field as it currently exists, which is mostly a list of Classical forms. “Instrumental” is valid as a work attribute, but it absolutely should not be added to the Work Type list as long as it’s a single-selection field. I don’t think the solution is to make it multi-select either; I think we should make it clear “Work Type” refers to form (and make it hierarchical) and add Instrumental to attributes.

I think that a good solution @Torc because when you make clear in the documentation that “work type” refers to “musical intrinsic form” and has nothing to do with instruments, vocals, and lyrics, then the Music Brainz website will be a lot more comprehensible for people like me, who only are here to list some music. And @Torc, that is good that you mention that you have a PhD in music composition, because now we all know that we have a real expert among us, and that you are the perfect person to implement the outcome of our discussions in the website.

@aerozol

Anyway, I don’t really see a problem with Torc’s suggestion that we should add ‘instrumental’ but maybe keep ‘form’ to its own category. Does that sound okay to you @Samsom_Productions?

Yep I agree with that

@jesus2099

Or is our work not following the primary Wilipedia approach?
In which case it is urgent to have a definition because most non English people like me will look for English definitions in English Wikipedia or will translate to what they have always been told: song means chanson means sung composition.

And I also agree with you @jesus2099