Index

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Abbreviations
Analysis see Music analysis
Analytical writing
Captions for musical examples
Central idea
Chords, naming
Citing sources
book
book with an editor or translator
dictionary, unsigned entry
encyclopedia, signed entry
essay in a book
essay in a periodical
library, catalogue numbers, including
musical score
musical score from collected works
musical score with an editor
parenthetical citation and reference lists
reprint edition
sound recording
sound recording, notes
Web pages
Essay outline
outline format
sample outline
Close paraphrase
Essay topic, limiting
Fonts
Foreign musical terms
Guides to English usage
Guides to formal style
Guides to research
Guides to writing about music
Keys, naming
Marginal notes
Measure numbers
Music analysis
analytical writing
naming musical composition see Titles of musical compositions
naming pitches, pitch classes, keys, and chords
specifying passages of music
using foreign musical terms
using scores
using secondary sources
using vocal texts
Musical examples
captions for examples
citing sources of examples
clefs, signatures, and instrumentation in examples
Outline see Essay outline
Parts of the essay
appendix
bibliography or reference list
essay body
title page
Pitches and pitch classes, naming
Plagiarism
Presentation
fonts
paper and typescript
titles of books
Quotation and paraphrase
accuracy in quotation
in-line and block quotation
omission and interpolation in quotation
paraphrase and close paraphrase
punctuation and capitalization in quotation
when to quote
Reference words and abbreviations
Research notes, taking
Source materials
citing see Citing sources
Spelling and grammar
Titles of books
Titles of musical compositions
capital letters
generic titles of compositions
popular titles of compositions
proper titles of compositions
proper titles of movements
Vocal texts
Writing style
spelling and grammar
Word processing