CZ:Music Workgroup
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The Music Workgroup will organize and coordinate efforts to create and improve articles relating to music. If you are interested in participating, you may add yourself to Category:Music Authors, discuss issues on the Music Workgroup Forum, or simply dive in and begin contributing. If you'd like to be an editor, please follow these instructions and then you may add yourself to Category:Music Editors.
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High priority articles
Read, before making changes. The articles with the highest priority are listed at CZ:Core Articles/Arts#Music - Stage 3. The articles in that list, with the highest priority will contribute the most points to your name.
The genre's, instruments, composers and musicians in this music workgroup list are more general, expansive and diverse and should give you, the editors and authors; an overview of what needs to be done and what could be done in the long run. It should also be about listing it's musical concept logically and organically with a well worked out hierarchy where smaller concept are placed under a much bigger umbrella.
Genres, locations, and periods
- Classical music, Classical, Western classical music, Concert music.
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- Popular music, Pop music, Pop, Folk music, Folk, Folklore, Ethnic music, Ethnic, Ethno.
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Composers and musicians
Important to cover not only life and reception but also musical style and important points of development.
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Popular |
Musical instruments
In addition to range, materials, etc., important to cover history and repertoire. This is just a partial list--just about every instrument is high priority
- Banjo
- Cello
- Clarinet
- Percussion
- Flute
- Guitar
- Lute
- Organ
- Piano
- Saxophone
- String instrument
- Brass instrument
- Violin
Other music topics
- Music -- actually not so important; the Grove dictionary of music avoided defining until the 2001 edition. Nice to have though, and very hard to write.
- Music technology
- Song
- Music and text -- or something like this (perhaps Lyric?)
- History of music
- Dance
- Musicology
- Music theory
- Key (music) -- what everyone wants to know always
- Scale (music)
- Mode (music) -- in particular, definitions of major and minor.
Developed articles
These aren't "Top Priority" articles, but represent the interests of authors and editors of Citizendium. They are featured in the sense that they are likely to become important Internet resources on the topic.
Approved article?
Please see Symphony and Talk:Symphony to join in the editing and discussion on (potentially) the first article to be approved by the Music Workgroup.
Not to neglect Ancient Celtic music, though technically that's part of the CZ:Classics Workgroup Michael Scott Cuthbert 20:00, 28 October 2007 (CDT)