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Scholarly
Journals |
Trade
Journals
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Magazines
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Written for |
Musicologists
and college students |
Music professionals |
General public |
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Written by |
Musicologists and
other scholars |
Professionals
within music |
Professional
writers |
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Appearance |
Covers:
Simple, using few colors
Advertisements: very few
Contains: Research results, charts, graphs, statistics,
or a few lines of music.
Published by: Universities or
professional associations |
Covers:
Glossy with great photos
Advertisements: Many
Contains: Practical information and
lots of advertisements useful to music
professionals
Published by: Professional
associations |
Covers:
Glossy with great photos Advertisements: Many
Contains: Entertaining information
for the people who love music.
Published by:
Commercial publishers |
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Articles |
● are always
signed.
● written in scholarly language
● are long, eight or more pages
● report research
● will be fully cited
● have
detailed bibliography
● reviewed by an editorial board
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● might be
signed.
● easy
to read.
● report trends, news or practical information for music professionals.
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will be short, 1
paragraph to a couple of pages.
● are likely to be illustrated. |
● might be
signed.
● are easy to read.
● are read for pleasure.
● include lots of photographs
● report on current topics and events.
● Articles tend to be short. |
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Used for |
Journals report
scholarly research and are read by scholars and college
students. They are often the basis for further scholarly
research done by musicologists.
They are used by
college students doing research. |
Trade journals
inform music professionals on practical information, current
trends, products, and advertise conferences & workshops. They
might be used in college research. Check with your professor. |
Popular magazines
are written primarily for the pleasure of the general public but
they can also inform and educate. They are not used
college-level research papers. They are appropriate for
High School level work. |
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Scholarly
Journals |
Trade
Journals
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Magazines
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Cost |
Remarkably
expensive, subscription starts about $500. per year,
obtain from a university or college. |
Cost varies,
less expensive, can come with a professional membership |
Very reasonable,
$5-15 per issue, subscriptions bring the cost down. |
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Subject Access |
RILM,
Humanities Abstracts,
Music and Performing Art Online |
RILM,
Music
and Performing Art Online, ERIC, Academic Search Premier |
Academic Search
Premier, Readers Guide |
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Sample
Titles |
American
Music
The Musical Times
Notes
Psychology of Music
Journal of Research In Music Education
The Musical Quarterly
Journal of Music Theory
Early Music |
Music
Educators Journal
Instrumentalist
American Music Teacher
The Music Trades
Performing Songwriter
Trombone
Symphony (New York) |
Downbeat
Rolling Stone Magazine
Guitar World
Jazz Times
Opera News
Sound and Vision |
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Sample Covers |
Journal of Music Theory
Scholarly Journal |
Music Educators Journal
Trade magazine |
JazzTimes
Popular Magazine |
