Submission of articles

Articles submitted for publication in the Journal of Musical Traditions (RTM) must be sent electronically to the editor-in-chief, at the following e-mail address: nidaa.aboumrad@ua.edu.lb, adopting the format ".docx" and the model (style sheet) downloadable on the electronic page of the RTM. Languages accepted for publication in French and English.

Articles, unless agreed with the journal's management, must meet the following standards:

• Text Standards

  Articles (except in the case of an editorial agreement) must not exceed a total of 35,000 signs (including spaces), including illustrations and examples.
  The text will be subdivided into parts preceded by brief intertitles, without exceeding three levels of intertitles and without automatic numbering.
  It will be accompanied by an abstract in French and English, about 200 words each, with five keywords, and the article’s title in French and English.
  The author's name will be accompanied by a footnote indicating, very briefly, the author’s academic titles and qualities.

• Musical Examples, Graphics, Frames, and Tables

  Musical notation, graphic, framed, and table examples will be numbered and presented preferably, in TIF or JPG format in shades of grey (8 bits), with a resolution of at least 300 PPP (please do not use the "drawings" in Word).
  The text of the article will include references to these examples and illustrations, numbered with a caption after or before the paragraph in which they are mentioned (Example 1, Legend), without automatic numbering.
  Quotes from protected works must be accompanied by a reproduction authorization that the author will obtain beforehand.

• References

  Each article will provide precise references to the works cited in the form of a list of references following the text. References within the text are provided in abbreviated form in parentheses, mentioning the author's surname, followed by the date of publication and the pages (Author, 2001, p. xx-yz).
  Complete references, ranked by ascending alphabetical order and successive dates for each author, will meet the following standards:

 

- Bibliography:

a) Books: Name, First name, year of publishing, Title, possible additional details on the title page (e.g., preface, translation, etc.), location, publisher, collection [possible additional information].
b) Articles: Name, First name, year of publishing, "Article title," magazine name and number, location, publisher, pages (example: "p. xx-yz") [possible additional information].
c) Chapters in a collective book: Name, First name, year of publishing, "Title of the chapter," Name of the collective book, name of the editor or director of publication (followed in parentheses of "ed." or "dir."), place, publisher, and pages [possible additional information].
d) Anonymous, full-length collective works or conference proceedings: Title, date, place, and name of the editor or director of publication (followed in parentheses of "ed." or "dir."), [possible additional information].
e) Example of a reissue: Kitab Mu'tamar al-Mūsīqā al-'Arabiyya. 1350 H - 1932 M [Book of the Arab Music Congress. 1350 of the Hegira - 1932, Christian era], 1933 (R. 2007), Cairo, Boulac Printing, reissued in Cairo by the High Council of Culture.

 

- Discography

Name, First name (author, composer or "performer-improviser"), year, "Work," title of the piece if available, range no in "Title of the book," location, publisher, "Name of collection," publisher number (commercial reference), performer (if other than the composer, performer-improviser for example, being assimilated to the composer), instrument, performer, year of recording, support, publisher (publications), year of publication, duration [additional information]

 

- Electronic Documentation

a) Web page: Name, First name, "Title page," viewed [consultation date: day/month/year].
b) Downloaded titles: Name, First Name, "Title page," downloaded [download date: day/month/year].
If necessary, the scores, manuscripts and other archives will be grouped in a separate part of the bibliography.

 

- Other Conventions

Solfege Notation
a) In italics, with possible alterations in upper index and octave number in lower index; example "sol#2” for "sharp sol note of octave number 2."
b) Do not put proper names in capital letters (except the first letter).
c) Avoid bold characters, highlights, etc.: use only Roman (normal) and italic characters.

Italics
a) Obligatory for non-French or English words (depending on the language of the article) as well as for referential Latin abbreviations (cf., id., ibid., etc.), unless they are fully integrated into the text or language.
b) For all the words we want to bring out.
c) Quotes should not be in italics, quotation marks are sufficient.

Quotes
a) For articles written in French, comply with the standards of the French National Printing, which recommends using only double chevron quotation marks (« et »), possibly interwoven in each other (« « guillemets » dans les « guillemets » »), and always avoid typographical quotation marks ("or") of which Anglo-Saxons are fond.
b) Put the punctuation after the quotation marks.
c) For articles written in French, put breaking space before the exclamation mark, the question mark, the semicolon, the two dots, after the opening and before the closing of the typographical quotation marks.
d) The capital letters should be accentuated. Example: « À propos de la musique du … ».
e) For articles written in English, use so-called Anglo-Saxon quotation marks (“quotation marks”).

 

Note Calls
Automate them in continuous numbering across the entire text and at the bottom of each page, put them before punctuation and after closing a quotation mark.