Music categorization as I see in this discussion and most of the others here is based on the physical instrument. Are there saxophone players lamenting that they are not accepted into the world of symphonies and philharmonics? (Poor souls...).
My personal criterion, or preference is to use terms like culture, skill and knowledge of music and it's applied theory to organize around the physical instrument's role.
I often find myself saying, what would that music sound like with a mandolin ensemble? And that is based on certain abilities of the instrument being similar to what I've heard on a recording.
We're just part of a cultural phenomenon. Mandolin advocates.
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