2013/3/15 symphonick <symphon...@gmail.com> > > 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. >
I'll try to clarify: As I understand this, covers are often performances of an arrangement of an original recording/mix. But I wonder if the actual differences in wording are genre-dependant. A classical arrangement are often based on the score of the original work, but it could be based on a performance. Either way you wouldn't call it a cover version. In jazz, I believe "arrangement" is the word you'd use, but it's often based on a performance. Of course it's an useless distinction; how would you know if the arranger used a recording or a score or both? There. I'm glad we got that all sorted out. :-) Questions? > > 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 -- /symphonick
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