instrumental music
Let an agent explain instrumental music, relay forms, traditions and ensembles from musicology sources, describe the named traditions, and distinguish instrumental music from vocal music, songs, program and absolute music and film scores.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain instrumental music, relay forms, traditions and ensembles from musicology sources, describe the named traditions, and distinguish instrumental music from vocal music, songs, program and absolute music and film scores.
Music performed by instruments without voice, spanning classical, folk, jazz and popular forms, with traditions the registry aliases name such as the wind-band Harmonie, Korean traditional instrumental music including sogok, Hindustani instrumental music, handbell music and contemporary instrumental music; instrumental music ranges from solo pieces to orchestras and ensembles, and is defined by the absence of sung words, though it may accompany dance or film. Traditions and notation vary widely across cultures.
What it is for: Music made without voice.
It can be explain forms and ensembles; relay traditions; describe named traditions; distinguish related categories.
Distinguishing features
No voice
Solo to ensemble
Cross-cultural traditions
May accompany other arts
What it looks like
Not a physical object; performances by instruments without singing.
Physical character
defining feature: no sung words note
ensembles: solo to orchestra list
registry parent: music note
How it is recognised
Music performed by instruments without voice
Harmonie, Korean traditional instrumental music, sogok, contemporary instrumental music, Hindustani instrumental music, handbell music
Vocal music uses voice; songs have sung words; program music depicts a scene; film scores accompany film
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is contrasted with -
is contrasted with -
includes -
In practice
Families and kinds
classical instrumental music
jazz and popular instrumental music
folk and traditional instrumental music
wind-band Harmonie
Standards and regulation
Not applicable
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing instrumental and vocal music
Treating one tradition as universal
Conflating program and absolute music
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.instrumental-music
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What instrumental music is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is instrumental music, and how does it differ from vocal music, songs, program and absolute music and film scores? definition
- Is the question about a tradition, form or ensemble? boundary
Traditions
Named traditions.
Traditions
Traditions.
- What are Harmonie, sogok, Hindustani instrumental music and handbell music? definition
- Which entry fits the specific tradition? action
Forms Forms.
Sources.
Classical
Classical forms.
Classical
Classical.
- What are sonatas, symphonies and concertos as instrumental forms? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Ensembles
Ensembles.
Ensembles
Ensembles.
- How do solo, chamber and orchestral ensembles differ? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Traditions World traditions.
Sources.
Asia
Asian traditions.
Asia
Asia.
- What are Korean and Hindustani instrumental traditions? provenance
- Which entry fits Hindustani classical music? action
Band
Wind bands.
Band
Band.
- What is the Harmonie wind-band tradition? provenance
- Is the information accurate? boundary
Context Categories.
Sources.
Program
Program and absolute music.
Program
Program.
- How do program and absolute music differ? provenance
- Which entry fits program music? action
Vocal
Relation to vocal music.
Vocal
Vocal.
- How does instrumental music relate to vocal music? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should traditional instrumental musics be separate entries?
- How should the program-versus-absolute distinction be documented?
- How should ensembles be linked?