Guide for Music Citation - Chicago/Turabian Style (New 18th ed)

Example 1

F:  Mary Rasmussen, “The Case of Flutes in Holbein’s The Ambassadors,” Early Music 23, no. 1 (1995): 115.
B:  Rasmussen, Mary. “The Case of Flutes in Holbein’s The Ambassadors.” Early Music 23, no. 1 (1995): 114–23.

Example 2

F:  Stephen McAdams et al., "Factors Contributing to Instrumental Blends in Orchestral Excerpts," Music & Science 8 (January–December 2025): 3. https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043251326391.

B: McAdams, Stephen, Pierre Gianferrara, Iza Korsmit, Meghan Goodchild, and Kit Soden. "Factors Contributing to Instrumental Blends in Orchestral Excerpts." Music & Science 8 (January–December 2025): 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/20592043251326391.

*In Example 2, there is no issue number so we are including the months as a way of helping the reader. Also, since there are more than three authors, we insert the first author followed by "et al." in the footnote, but list all five authors in the bibliography.

Tips:

• If you have a volume number and issue number, the month/season can be omitted. 
• Enter only the number of the volume--no "vol." necessary
• Issue number is referred to with the abbreviation "no." followed by the number itself. Multiple issues = "nos."
• If you don't have a volume number, insert a comma after the title and then give the issue number. ex: Journal of Music, no. 8 (February 2004)...
• If you cannot locate page numbers in an online view, try to access a PDF, which often lists page numbers
• Never insert punctuation before the parentheses ()
• Do not include a very long URL from a subscription database. Include a URL for an article if it's a DOI or stable/permanent URL. 
• Don't forget your period at the end of the citation!