2013/3/15 Nikki <aei...@gmail.com> > It seems incomplete to me. Is it ever supposed to be used for pop music? > If not, it should explicitly exclude pop music. If it is, I think it > should clarify when the relationship is supposed to be used. Right now > it only seems to mention classical. > > I *really* don't want to see loads of new works being created for pop > music just because there's a different arranger credited and I'm > concerned adding new relationships like this will only encourage people > to do that, so I'd like it to be clear what it's intended for before > it's added. >
> Also "Do not confuse arrangements with cover versions." is not a very > good guideline. All it does for me is make me more confused: How do I > know if I'm confusing arrangements with cover versions? What do I do if > I think I am? Is a cover version ever an arrangement? > The intention is to link between works when one work is a (musical) arrangement of the other work. The conclusion from the previous version of this proposal, was that a guideline of what defines a work in MB doesn't really belong at an AR page. I wish there was such a guideline, but there isn't (outside classical). It mentions classical and (big band) jazz. I believe no one has been able to come up with a way to use this for pop music. But technically, yes, covers are often performances of a different arrangement of the original version. Inspired by other AR guidelines in MB ;-) "Don't confuse foo with bar" & then, on bar page: "Don't confuse bar with foo." I thought I should mention covers, since it's probably what you want for pop music. > Since I'm not sure what it's supposed to mean, I can't really propose > any better wording. :) However, a guideline for a relationship is > ideally a guide for *how* or *when* to use the relationship. Rewording > it so that it's an answer to "How or when do I use this relationship?" > is likely to work much better. > /symphonick
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