Since many people (unlike Jesus2099) are comfortable using "song" also for unsung (pop) works and we seem unable to agree on a term for a "non-vocal song" (I suggested "tune" in an earlier discussion, but folkies objected, wanting to keep this for more specific use), let's try something new: What about keeping "Song", but splitting it into "song (vocal)" and "song (instrumental)". How does that sound to native speakers (and others)?
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Per Starbäck <per.starb...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Also I'd like to avoid genre-based solutions. > > I agree with that! The distinction I want to make with work type is > between a "single melodic work", something compound like a symphony or a > song cycle, and a non-music work like a poem. If "song" is a good name for > that "single melodic work" or not I'll leave to the native English > speakers, but surely people often talk about songs like the Beatles song > "12-Bar Original" without reacting to its not being a "song" because it > isn't sung. > > It is interesting if it's an instrumental "song" instead of a song with > lyrics, but that's better stored as a special value for Lyrics Language, > right? > > > In cases where there are no instruments either, we > > already have Poem though we could argue whether that covers hip-hop and > > other spoken styles. > > Whether instruments are used or not is not part of the work but of the > arrangement. > > > _______________________________________________ > MusicBrainz-style mailing list > MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org > http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style >
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