Karaoke Version Relationship Type

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1 Description
2 Link Phrases
3 Attributes
- 3.1 “start date”
- 3.2 “end date”
4 Guidelines
5 Examples

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This relationship type belongs to the Alternative Version Relationship Class.

Description

This relationship type is used to link a karaoke version of a song to the original song. A karaoke version is a version of the song with the main vocals removed, designed to be used for karaoke. These are generally produced from the original masters by muting the main vocal track or by using post-processing filters to remove the vocals. Karaoke versions can be found labelled in numerous different ways other than "karaoke": instrumental (even if backing vocals are still present), off vocal, backing track, etc.

Link Phrases

Recording has a karaoke version Recording
Recording is a karaoke version of Recording

Attributes

“start date”

There is no guideline yet for how the begin date fields might be used.

“end date”

There is no guideline yet for how the end date fields might be used.

Guidelines

The karaoke track should be linked to the version of the original song that it corresponds to. This is typically the version found on the same release.
If the karaoke track does not correspond to a particular recording of the original song, link it to the earliest version of the original song.

Examples

innocent starter has a karaoke version innocent starter (Off Vocal Version)

Multiple versions of a song with corresponding karaoke versions:

群青の谷 has a karaoke version 群青の谷 (instrumental)
群青の谷 (acoustic version) has a karaoke version 群青の谷 (acoustic version) (instrumental)