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@@ -24,3 +24,23 @@ $num(%tracknumber%,$if($gt($len(%totaltracks%),2),$len(%totaltracks%),2))._
 %artist%_-_
 %title%), ,_)
 ```
+
+## Tagging
+
+The following explains the most general tags in short.
+These are the recommended tags, that are in part used by the script for
+renaming the files.
+
+- `title` is the name of the music piece.
+- `artist` is the artist of the song - for classical music it is the composer.
+- `album` is the name of the album.
+- `tracknumber` is the number of the music piece in the album
+- `date` is the year of publication
+- `albumartist` is the artist that made the album
+- `discnumber` is the disc number of the music piece in the album
+- `genre` is the genre of the music piece
+- `totaldiscs` is the amount of discs of the album
+- `totaltracks` is the amount of tracks in the disc of the music piece
+- `front` is an image of the front cover
+- `performer` is only used in classical music and defines the artist that
+  played the piece.