Understands Classical

Jaikoz really understands Classical music, the metadata demands for Classical are very different to Pop/Rock music and Jaikoz can automatically differentiate between Classical and non-Classical and apply different tagging preferences for each. Jaikoz uses various way to identify Classical tracks, if a song does appear to be a Classical piece then the Is Classical flag is set and the Classical preferences applied.

Work and Movements

Classical composers usually work in terms of Symphonies or Sonatas rather than albums, we call these Works. These works comprise sub works or movements, and there may be additional levels. When Classical music is released as an album it may only contain part of a work, or conversely multiple works, so the album grouping may not be the most important grouping.

For your album Jaikoz can complete the Movement, Movement No, Movement Total and Work field. For this information to be useful in music playback we only add this information when a track represents one of more than one movement for a work on that album.

Additionally if the work or song has an Opus number we store that in the Opus field. If the song title contains a nickname we store that in the Classical Nickname field and if the song title contains an alternative cataloging no we store that in the Classical Catalog field

Add Composers to start of Album Title

Classical music albums often contains the composer name as a part of the album title but not always. Different composers often named their works simply such as Symphony No 1 so without the composer name it can be difficult to distinguish one album from another. With this option enabled Jaikoz will add the composer(s) surname to the start of the album title if the composer is not in the current title to help with easier album identification.

Shorten Song Title to the Movement

The Shorten Song Title to the Movement option can be used to shorten the Title field to just the movement because typically the title comprises both the work and the movement. Such a title can become long and unwieldy, currently the Movement field is not well supported so most players would use the Title field for all songs and ignore the Movement field.

MinimServer integration

We offer a number of options aimed at users of MinimServer. MinimServer makes use of a Group field to represent a work and allows customer to play the work instead of selecting the complete album.

Jaikoz adds the work to the Group field and can also add the composer to the field to make it easier to identify the work when customer navigating straight to the group within their music player

Track Artist

In Pop/Rock there is usually a single performer or band who is credited. They are often the composer of the song as well but if they are not the details of the writer are not usually so important, the artist credits on the release itself make it clear who should be credited for each track.

But in Classical music, usually various performers, an orchestra or choir, a conductor and a composer are all credited. The default for Jaikoz is to store the Performers, Ensemble/Choir/Orchestra and Conductor in that order, but we offer different masks for different uses.

Classical Composers and Conductors

The exact interpretation of what is Classical is open to interpretation but Jaikoz allows you to fine tune classical matching.

Jaikoz has created a list of over 6000 people who principal activity is composing so when we find this person credited on a release we can usually assume that they are the composer even if they do not have a composer credit on that particular release. There is an additional list for conductors, if a person is a composer and conductors (or performer) then they will not be included in the composer/conductor list unless the vast majority of their credits are for one particular role. Both these lists can be modified in order to fine tune your Classical requirements.

There is also a blacklist of albums that match the Classical algorithm but should not be considered classical, this can also be edited