Template:Infobox instrument

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name

image caption
background
Other names	names
Classification	classification
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	hombostel_sachs (hombostel_sachs_desc)
Inventor(s)	inventors
Developed	developed
Timbre	timbre
Volume	volume
Attack	attack
Decay	decay
Playing range
range [music notation] pitch ["low"/"medium"/"high"]
Related instruments
related
Musicians
musicians
Composers
composers
Builders
builders
Sound sample
sound sample
More articles or information
articles

{{Infobox instrument
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| related               = {{bulleted list|x|y}}
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Usage

This template, meant to be used on all musical instrument pages, takes the following parameters (bold parameters are required, others are optional):

name	– full name of the instrument - using WikiProject Musical Instruments/Templates/Infobox instrument/doc will set this field to the name of the article
image	– the filename of a photo of the instrument
caption	- a caption for the photo of the instrument
background	– the general classification of the instrument ('keyboard', 'woodwind', 'brass', 'string', 'percussion', 'electronic', or 'other') used to choose the color scheme of the infobox and populate a simple classification link-header below the image caption
names	– other name/names
classification	– the classification of the instrument (such as string, woodwind, etc.)
hornbostel_sachs	- the Hornbostel–Sachs classification of the instrument (or 'NaN', if not specified, such as for the Hydraulophone)
hornbostel_sachs_desc	- a textual description of the Hornbostel–Sachs classification
inventors	- the inventor(s) of the instrument, if known
developed	- the rough time period (and instrument from which) the instrument was developed (e.g. "Early 16th century" for the violin, "Early 18th century from the chalumeau" for the clarinet, etc.)
timbre	- the sound quality of the instrument
volume	- how loud the instrument is: "low", "medium", "high"
attack	- how quickly the instrument begins making sound when it starts being played: "slow", "medium", "fast"
decay	- how long the sound fades after the instrument stops being played: "slow", "medium", "fast"
range	- the playing range of the instrument (an image is preferred; many are already created, see commons:Category:Instrument ranges)
pitch	- the playing range of the instrument, without image: "low", "medium", "high"
related	- related musical instruments. Use {{bulleted list}} to list multiple instruments.
musicians	- related musicians. Use {{bulleted list}} to list multiple musicians.
composers	- related composers.
builders	- related musical instrument makers. Use {{bulleted list}} to list multiple makers.
sound sample	- related sample.
articles	- more information or other articles which may be of interest. Use {{bulleted list}} to list multiple articles.

TemplateData

TemplateData documentation used by VisualEditor and other tools

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. Click here to see a monthly parameter usage report for this template based on this TemplateData. TemplateData for Infobox instrument An infobox for articles about musical instruments Template parameters This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Name name The name of the instrument String optional Background background The general classification of the instrument ('keyboard', 'woodwind', 'brass', 'string', 'percussion', 'electronic', or 'other') used to choose the color scheme of the infobox and populate a simple classification link-header below the image caption Suggested values keyboard woodwind brass string percussion electronic other Line optional Image image The file name for an image of the instrument File optional Image size image_size Size of the image Number optional Image alt text alt Alt text for the image, for visually impaired and other readers who cannot see the image. String optional Caption caption image_capt An description of the image String optional Names names Alternative names for the instrument String optional Classification classification The general classification of the instrument - Idiophone, Membranophone, Chordophone, Aerophone, Electrophone String optional Hornbostel-Sachs hornbostel_sachs The Hornbostel-Sachs number of the instrument String optional Hornbostel-Sachs Description hornbostel_sachs_desc The name of the Hornbostel-Sachs subcategory of the instrument String optional Inventors inventors The inventor(s) of the instrument, if known String optional Developed developed The rough time period (and instrument from which) the instrument was developed (e.g. 'Early 16th century' for the violin, 'Early 18th century from the chalumeau' for the clarinet, etc.) String optional Timbre timbre The sound quality of the instrument String optional Volume volume How loud the instrument is - 'low', 'medium', 'high' Suggested values low medium high String optional Attack attack How quickly the instrument begins making sound when it starts being played - 'slow', 'medium', 'fast' Suggested values slow medium fast String optional Decay decay How long the sound fades after the instrument stops being played: 'slow', 'medium', 'fast' Suggested values slow medium fast String optional Range range The playing range of the instrument (an image is preferred, many are already created, see [[commons:Category:Instrument ranges]]') String optional Pitch pitch The playing range of the instrument, without image: 'low', 'medium', 'high' Suggested values low medium high String optional Related related Related musical instruments String optional Musicians musicians Notable musicians String optional Composers composers Notable composers String optional Builders builders Notable music instrument makers String optional Sound sample sound sample Notable sample String optional Articles articles Other articles which may be of interest or more information String optional

Tracking category

• Category:Pages using infobox instrument with unknown parameters (0)

See also

• {{Infobox musical artist}}

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