music-theory-spectrum
Use when targeting Music Theory Spectrum or deciding whether a music-theory manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, its argument and analytical-method bar, notational and close-analysis expectations, house style and review norms, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill music-theory-spectrum --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Music Theory Spectrum (music-theory-spectrum) ## Journal positioning Music Theory Spectrum, published by Oxford University Press for the Society for Music Theory, is the leading journal of music theory and analysis. It publishes original work in analytical method, the history and philosophy of music theory, and the close analysis of specific works and repertories. Its defining expectation is a **rigorous analytical or theoretical argument** — a new method or refinement of one, a theoretical claim defended against rivals, or a close analysis that demonstrates something general — carried by precise, notated musical evidence. It is distinct from `journal-of-the-american-musicological-society`, where analysis serves a historical or cultural argument, and from `the-journal-of-aesthetics-and-art-criticism`, which is philosophical aesthetics: Music Theory Spectrum foregrounds analytical and theoretical method, with the notated example as the primary evidence. Loose appreciation, or a theoretical claim untethered from the music, is a poor fit. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** aid. It does not replace the journal's current submission guidelines. Before submitting, re
- Journal positioning
- When to trigger
- Scope & topic fit
- Method & evidence bar
- Structure & house style
- Official-submission checklist
- Pre-submission self-check
- Common desk-reject triggers
- Re-routing decision
- Output format
What does the music-theory-spectrum skill do?
Use when targeting Music Theory Spectrum or deciding whether a music-theory manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, its argument and analytical-method bar, notational and close-analysis expectations, house style and review norms, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill music-theory-spectrum --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.