User:LiaMinina/Article formats/Music
This format applies to general musical compositions, such as opening themes, ending themes, insert songs, songs from albums, etc. This format may not be appropriate for music pieces from rhythm games, which have their own style.
Note: Singles are eligible for separate articles.
Contents
Article composition
General music piece format
- {{Infobox Song}}
- First paragraph
- Music video
- Lyrics
- [Other]
- [Related navbox templates]
- [External links]
- [Categories]
Content fields
Handling Japanese
When displaying Japanese kanji, hiragana or katakana, it is recommended that you use {{lj}} to wrap around the text in order to prevent misconversion. You can also set the parameter of {{lang}} to ja.
Infobox Song
{{Infobox Song
|Name of the Song =
|image =
|Singer = <!--The performer or group that sings the song-->
|Lyricist = <!--The lyricist-->
|Composer = <!--The composer-->
|Arranger = <!--The arranger. May be omitted if it is the same as the composer-->
|Mixing =
|Mastering =
|MV director = <!--If there is a promotional music video, you can fill in this field with its director-->
|Release =
|Album(s) = <!--The album that the song is included in-->
}}
Lyricist, Composer, and other parameters can be rearranged when editing. The display is based on the effect you sorted.
For project-specific usage and mobilization of this template, please see Template:Infobox Song/doc
First paragraph
The general format of the first paragraph is:
"'''Song Name'''" is a song by '''Artist Name''', written by '''Lyricist Name''', composed/arranged by '''Composer/Arranger Name'''.
For song titles, it is recommended to use the original title of the song.
In this section, you can write about the theme and content of the song, the story behind the song (if any), song version changes, etc.
Music video
This is the part where you insert the relevant music video of the song. Insertion of Niconico videos is not supported for the time being, for details, see Help:Inserting videos.
Song audio can also be inserted, for details, see Help:Inserting music.
Lyrics
This is the part that shows the lyrics. It is recommended to use the code <poem></poem> to wrap the lyrics.
If the lyrics are in a foreign language, you can list both the original text and the English translation. Please try to identify the translators and list them.
  and   can be used in place of full-width/half-width to change the typography.
If you want to display the original text and the translation side-by-side, please use {{LyricsKai}} when viewing articles in different screen widths. The layout will change automatically (Module:Lyrics/doc).
Some other templates that will help with complex lyrics typography:
- {{tabs}}: Used to switch between displaying multiple versions of lyrics.
Others
If you have some knowledge of music theory, the structure of the song can be analyzed.
The song's release history, versions, albums and other information that cannot be elaborated upon in the first paragraph, could be the subject of a separate section.
This section lists the relevant navbox templates, related templates need to be created.
For songs from animation works, they can be added to work navbox templates.
If there is an idea to create a template for an album, this can be done on an album-by-album basis.
External links
This is where you can add the official release of the song's music video, songs featured on the album's dedicated page.
Pages posted by the songwriters themselves about their inspiration and thoughts on the song's creation.
Other pages related to the song.
Categories
At the end of the article are categories for indexing, the details are as follows:
- Work categories: [Music works from country name]
- Song categories (see Category:Music categories)
- Music apearing in related works: [Work name music]
- Artists: [Songs by artist name].
