Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 21:36, Nikki wrote: > > There didn't seem to be any reasons why I shouldn't, so I've done this > now. (It can always be undone...) > > While I think the current configuration is a big improvement over what we used to have [1], I personally have used the "Bass" entry for bas

Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 21:36, Nikki wrote: > > There didn't seem to be any reasons why I shouldn't, so I've done this > now. (It can always be undone...) > > While I think the current configuration is a big improvement over what we used to have [1], I personally have used the "Bass" entry for bas

Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

On 10 February 2011 06:36, Nikki wrote: > Nikki wrote: > >> How about moving the current bass to "other" and giving it a description >> saying that it's a generic instrument and people should use bass guitar >> or double bass if they know which one it refers to? (although >> unfortunately the desc

Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

Nikki wrote: > How about moving the current bass to "other" and giving it a description > saying that it's a generic instrument and people should use bass guitar > or double bass if they know which one it refers to? (although > unfortunately the description won't actually be shown until someone

Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Nikki wrote: > Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: > >> ... aTTribute a place to it seems a bit exaggerated, OTOH both actual >> instruments represented by the future undetermined bass are string >> instruments. IMO the best place is where most users will think of >> lookin

Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: > ... aTTribute a place to it seems a bit exaggerated, OTOH both actual > instruments represented by the future undetermined bass are string > instruments. IMO the best place is where most users will think of > looking for it, and I have no idea. I think most people

Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

2011/1/25 Frederic Da Vitoria > 2011/1/25 Nikki > >> Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: >> >> > I am not even sure what Bass means here, so I'd say: >> > "How about removing the current bass and creating a "Undetermined bass" >> > in "other" and giving it a description >> > saying that it's a generic in

Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

2011/1/25 Nikki > Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: > > I am not even sure what Bass means here, so I'd say: > > "How about removing the current bass and creating a "Undetermined bass" > > in "other" and giving it a description > > saying that it's a generic instrument and(...)" > > It can't be deleted

Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

Frederic Da Vitoria wrote: > I am not even sure what Bass means here, so I'd say: > "How about removing the current bass and creating a "Undetermined bass" > in "other" and giving it a description > saying that it's a generic instrument and(...)" It can't be deleted because it's currently in use.

Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

2011/1/25 Nikki > Paul C. Bryan wrote: > > On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 20:20 +0100, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Paul C. Bryan em...@pbryan.net>> wrote: > >> > If a generic bass instrument were to be specified, Double Bass could > move up > >> > to the place o

Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

Paul C. Bryan wrote: > On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 20:20 +0100, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Paul C. Bryan > > wrote: >> > If a generic bass instrument were to be specified, Double Bass could move >> > up >> > to the place of Bass in the c

Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

good idea to me then. As this is MB Style List, I'm sure someone disagrees with it. So please voice your disagreements! :) >> -Original  Message- >> From: Calvin Walton >> Reply-to: MusicBrainz Style Discussion >> >> To: MusicBrainz Style Discussion >&

Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

ainz Style Discussion > > > > To: MusicBrainz Style Discussion > > Subject: Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass? > > Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:45:12 -0500 > > > > On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 23:47 +0100, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote:

Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

ne of those basses, so I don't really know. > -Original  Message- > From: Calvin Walton > Reply-to: MusicBrainz Style Discussion > > To: MusicBrainz Style Discussion > Subject: Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass? > Date: Wed, 1

Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

If a generic bass instrument were to be specified, Double Bass could move up to the place of Bass in the current bowed instrument hierarchy. -Original Message- From: Calvin Walton Reply-to: MusicBrainz Style Discussion To: MusicBrainz Style Discussion Subject: Re: [mb-style] "Bas

Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

On Sun, 2011-01-16 at 23:47 +0100, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren wrote: > We currently have close to 12k "performed bass" ARs on MB, vs. close > to 9k "performed bass guitar" ARs. Under the current placement of > "bass" as bowed string instrument, this is almost surely utter BS - if > at least half of

Re: [mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

2011/1/16 Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren : > Opinions? Ideas? Insults? Go straddle a narwhal! Sorry, I only had an insult ready ;-) -- Bogdan Butnaru ___ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/ma

[mb-style] "Bass" vs. "Bass Guitar": generic bass?

We currently have close to 12k "performed bass" ARs on MB, vs. close to 9k "performed bass guitar" ARs. Under the current placement of "bass" as bowed string instrument, this is almost surely utter BS - if at least half of those bass ARs are not actually bass guitars, I'll eat my own non-existent h