Subject 06 / Research centre
Research & practice
Develop ways to listen, document, question and learn with respect for living traditions.
6 published articles · Read in sequence or follow a question.
- 01Foundation · 5 min read
Notation and oral transmission: different ways of knowing music
Use written symbols, recordings and person-to-person learning together, while recognising what each medium preserves and what it leaves open.
- 02Foundation · 5 min read
Listening and analysis: turn impressions into questions
A repeatable method for close listening that uses timestamps, comparison and uncertainty instead of relying on vocabulary alone.
- 03Developing · 5 min read
Music cognition: how listeners organise sound
Explore perception, memory and expectation, and learn how to read a music-cognition claim without mistaking one experiment for a universal law.
- 04Developing · 5 min read
Music and mathematics: ratios, cycles and useful models
Use frequency ratios, logarithms and rhythmic arithmetic to answer precise musical questions without reducing musical meaning to numbers.
- 05Developing · 5 min read
Field recording and documentation: preserve the sound and its context
Plan a small recording project with clear purpose, reliable audio, contextual notes and an agreed route for access and preservation.
- 06Foundation · 5 min read
Research ethics and cultural context: work with people, not just material
Build a research process around informed participation, careful representation, agreed access and responsibilities that continue after recording.