2014/1/21 symphonick <symphon...@gmail.com> > Another issue is that "chamber ensemble" implies chamber music, which > obviously doesn't suit jazz ensembles. (Note that you have to define the > difference between a chamber ensemble and a chamber orchestra!) > > One possibility: > > *Orchestra > **Chamber orchestra > **Symphony orchestra > **String orchestra > **Wind orchestra > > *Brass ensemble > **Brass quintet > > *String ensemble > **String trio > **String quartet > **String quintet > > *Mixed ensemble > **Chamber ensemble > **Wind ensemble > **Piano trio > > One could also have the orchestras as sub-types of the general ensemble > types. > Do we want genre-based ensembles eventually, e.g. baroque ensemble? > Unfortunately, it means more documentation... >
Isn't this mixing different ontologies? Instrumental (mixed / string / wind / brass) and size/complexity (symphony / chamber). I'll try to reorganize this a little in a way which make more sense to me. I used at least all the categories above, but this does not mean that we would need all of those. Instruments first, size last *String ensemble **String orchestra **String quartet **String quintet **String trio *Wind ensemble **Wind orchestra *Brass ensemble **Brass quintet *Mixed ensemble **Symphony orchestra **Chamber orchestra **trio ***Piano trio ** quartet (not strings only) ** quintet (not strings only) Size first, instrumentation last * Ensemble ** orchestra (I am not suer this level is useful, or should it actually be named "specified size"?) *** Symphony orchestra *** Chamber orchestra **** quartet ***** String quartet **** quintet ***** Brass quintet ***** String quintet **** trio ***** Piano trio ***** String trio *** String orchestra *** Wind orchestra ** instrument ensembles of unspecified size *** Brass ensemble *** String ensemble *** Wind ensemble I prefer Instruments first, size last, I find it easier to find my way to a specific ensemble, but size first is probably better for mixed ensembles The best would probably a grid, or even sets, but of course none of these would lend itself to user input. -- Frederic Da Vitoria (davitof) Membre de l'April - « promouvoir et défendre le logiciel libre » - http://www.april.org
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