The collection ahead
A long conversation with music.
36 articles are ready to read. These 216 additional topics form our editorial expansion plan: a map for a collection of 252 articles.
Every topic below is planned and has no article yet. Each will need a complete explanation, examples and source review before it joins the library. The plan may evolve as the collection grows.
Read the published articles →01 / Planned topics
Sound & listening
Read this subject’s published articles →- Waveforms and periodicityPlanned
- Amplitude and sound pressurePlanned
- Frequency spectraPlanned
- The harmonic series in detailPlanned
- The missing fundamentalPlanned
- Beating and interferencePlanned
- Resonance in instrumentsPlanned
- Standing waves in stringsPlanned
- Air columns and wind instrumentsPlanned
- Membranes and drum acousticsPlanned
- InharmonicityPlanned
- Attack, sustain and decayPlanned
- Spectral envelopesPlanned
- Formants and the singing voicePlanned
- Vowels as musical colourPlanned
- Noise as musical materialPlanned
- Pitch registersPlanned
- Octave equivalencePlanned
- Cents and logarithmic pitch distancePlanned
- Just intonationPlanned
- Pythagorean tuningPlanned
- Meantone temperamentPlanned
- Well temperamentsPlanned
- Twelve-tone equal temperamentPlanned
- Microtonal tuning systemsPlanned
- Intonation in ensemble singingPlanned
- Tuning to a dronePlanned
- Acoustic maskingPlanned
- Critical bandsPlanned
- Loudness perceptionPlanned
- Reverberation and room responsePlanned
- Direct and reflected soundPlanned
- Stereo and spatial listeningPlanned
- Instrument materials and timbrePlanned
- Electronic synthesis fundamentalsPlanned
- Listening across playback systemsPlanned
02 / Planned topics
Pitch & melody
Read this subject’s published articles →- Interval naming and spellingPlanned
- Compound intervalsPlanned
- Interval inversionPlanned
- Melodic contourPlanned
- Stepwise motion and leapsPlanned
- Range and tessituraPlanned
- Scale degrees and tonal centresPlanned
- Pentatonic collectionsPlanned
- Hexatonic collectionsPlanned
- Whole-tone scalesPlanned
- Octatonic scalesPlanned
- Diatonic modesPlanned
- Dorian in contextPlanned
- Phrygian in contextPlanned
- Lydian in contextPlanned
- Mixolydian in contextPlanned
- Modal melody and dronesPlanned
- Chromatic melodyPlanned
- Passing and neighbour notesPlanned
- AppoggiaturasPlanned
- Suspensions in melodic linesPlanned
- Melodic sequencesPlanned
- Augmentation and diminutionPlanned
- Motivic inversionPlanned
- Retrograde and transformationPlanned
- Melodic fragmentationPlanned
- Call and responsePlanned
- Antecedent and consequent phrasesPlanned
- Sentences and periodsPlanned
- Melody and speech rhythmPlanned
- Text setting and prosodyPlanned
- Melismatic and syllabic singingPlanned
- Transposition by earPlanned
- Solfege systems comparedPlanned
- Melodic dictationPlanned
- Phrase endings across traditionsPlanned
03 / Planned topics
Rhythm & time
Read this subject’s published articles →- Simple duple meterPlanned
- Simple triple meterPlanned
- Simple quadruple meterPlanned
- Compound duple meterPlanned
- Compound triple meterPlanned
- Additive meterPlanned
- Asymmetric meterPlanned
- Mixed meterPlanned
- Metric modulationPlanned
- Tempo relationshipsPlanned
- TupletsPlanned
- Triplets and dupletsPlanned
- QuintupletsPlanned
- Swing and unequal subdivisionsPlanned
- Straight and shuffled rhythmPlanned
- HemiolaPlanned
- Three against twoPlanned
- Four against threePlanned
- PolymeterPlanned
- Rhythmic displacementPlanned
- Cross-bar phrasingPlanned
- Anticipation and delayPlanned
- BackbeatPlanned
- Anacrusis and pickup patternsPlanned
- OstinatoPlanned
- Clave and timeline patternsPlanned
- Rhythmic densityPlanned
- Groove and microtimingPlanned
- RubatoPlanned
- Free rhythmPlanned
- Rhythmic notation and beamingPlanned
- Rest as structural materialPlanned
- Body percussionPlanned
- Conducting patternsPlanned
- Counting irregular cyclesPlanned
- Rhythmic transcriptionPlanned
04 / Planned topics
Composition & expression
Read this subject’s published articles →- Triad inversionsPlanned
- Seventh chordsPlanned
- Extended chordsPlanned
- Added-note and suspended chordsPlanned
- Chord voicing and spacingPlanned
- Roman numeral analysisPlanned
- Harmonic rhythmPlanned
- CadencesPlanned
- Tonic and dominant functionPlanned
- Predominant harmonyPlanned
- Secondary dominantsPlanned
- Tonicisation and modulationPlanned
- Modal interchangePlanned
- Chromatic mediantsPlanned
- Pedal pointsPlanned
- Parallel harmonyPlanned
- Counterpoint fundamentalsPlanned
- Species counterpointPlanned
- Contrary and oblique motionPlanned
- Imitation and canonPlanned
- Fugue as a processPlanned
- MonophonyPlanned
- HeterophonyPlanned
- Homophony and polyphonyPlanned
- Binary formPlanned
- Ternary formPlanned
- Rondo formPlanned
- Theme and variationsPlanned
- Sonata formPlanned
- Strophic and through-composed formPlanned
- Verse, chorus and bridgePlanned
- Arrangement and orchestrationPlanned
- Register and instrumental balancePlanned
- Articulation and phrasingPlanned
- Dynamics as structurePlanned
- Composing with constraintsPlanned
05 / Planned topics
Indian musical traditions
Read this subject’s published articles →- Sa and the tonic dronePlanned
- Swara names and variantsPlanned
- Shruti: meanings and debatesPlanned
- Arohana and avarohanaPlanned
- Vakra melodic movementPlanned
- Raga phrases and lakshanaPlanned
- Raga and time associationsPlanned
- Raga and rasaPlanned
- Melakarta chakrasPlanned
- Katapayadi namingPlanned
- Raga MohanamPlanned
- Raga MayamalavagowlaPlanned
- Raga ShankarabharanamPlanned
- Raga KalyaniPlanned
- Raga Todi in two traditionsPlanned
- AlapanaPlanned
- TanamPlanned
- NeravalPlanned
- Kalpana swaraPlanned
- Ragam tanam pallaviPlanned
- Sarali and janta varisaiPlanned
- Alankaram exercisesPlanned
- GeethamPlanned
- SwarajatiPlanned
- VarnamPlanned
- Kriti structurePlanned
- Suladi sapta talaPlanned
- Jati and nadaiPlanned
- Adi talaPlanned
- Misra chapu and khanda chapuPlanned
- Sam, khali and vibhagPlanned
- ThekaPlanned
- TeentalPlanned
- TihaiPlanned
- Dhrupad and khayal in contextPlanned
- Thumri and expressive textPlanned
06 / Planned topics
Research & practice
Read this subject’s published articles →- Staff notationPlanned
- Clefs and ledger linesPlanned
- Accidentals and key signaturesPlanned
- Score readingPlanned
- TablaturePlanned
- Graphic notationPlanned
- Svara notation systemsPlanned
- Transcription as interpretationPlanned
- Aural training methodsPlanned
- Comparative listeningPlanned
- Spectrogram readingPlanned
- Ethnomusicology as practicePlanned
- Participant observationPlanned
- Interviewing musiciansPlanned
- Recording field notesPlanned
- Describing performance contextPlanned
- Consent in a recording projectPlanned
- Community access to archivesPlanned
- Attribution and shared authorshipPlanned
- Archival metadataPlanned
- Audio file formats and preservationPlanned
- Versioning and provenancePlanned
- Research questions in musicPlanned
- Primary and secondary sourcesPlanned
- Reading a musical treatisePlanned
- Evaluating historical claimsPlanned
- Ancient musical thoughtPlanned
- Music theory in medieval South AsiaPlanned
- Arabic and Persian theoretical traditionsPlanned
- Chinese tuning and modal thoughtPlanned
- Perception of musical expectationPlanned
- Memory and musical repetitionPlanned
- EntrainmentPlanned
- Pitch-class setsPlanned
- Serial compositionPlanned
- Music and meaningPlanned