Talk:Constant structure

Tuning systems
In the context of tuning systems, Constant structure is apparently also used to mean "A tuning system where each interval occurs always subtended by the same number of steps." It seems to have been introduced by Erv Wilson in this sense. See:,. Theodore Kloba (☎) 20:25, 26 April 2019 (UTC)


 * In that case it would appear that a disambiguation page would seem to be called for. Since this article is short anyway and the term constant structure in Rawlins's sense fairly obscure (as far as I can make out), I'm thinking that the disambiguation page could, in fact, replace this article. It could briefly explain both the tuning and the jazz-chord senses, and it could also accommodate any other senses that might come along. (The construction itself, after all, is so vague and general that it seems to me it's probably been used in all sorts of contexts.) TheScotch (talk) 22:48, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

Notability?
Two questions come to mind: 1) Did the author of the single citation, one Robert Rawlins, himself invent the term "constant structure"? If so, then the article should state this in its body. It should read something like, "constant structure is a term Robert Rawlins in his Jazzology uses to refer to [such and such]". 2) How much currency beyond Rawlins's book and inner circle does the term have? If the answer is essentially none, then I don't think this article should even exist. TheScotch (talk) 22:08, 6 March 2021 (UTC)


 * To rephrase these questions in Wikipedia terminology: 1) Is Rawlins’s book a primary source? 2) Do secondary sources exist? If the answer to 2) is “no”, then the article must go. If it is “yes”, then secondary-source citations should be supplied. The answer to 1) (whichever answer it is) should be clarified within the article. TheScotch (talk) 20:46, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Nearly seventh minths after voicing the above concerns and tagging the article with a notabiliy banner, no one has replied and no discernable improvement to the article has been made. I have thus proposed the article as a candidate for delation. If you can provide valid significant SECONDARY sources for the term "constant structure" or demonstrate that Rawlin's book is a valid significant SECONDARY source, please do so immediately. TheScotch (talk) 03:41, 25 September 2021 (UTC)


 * @TheScotch Hi
 * I learned the term 'constant structure ' during my study too and it's a common composing technique. I will do some research and try to find reliable sources. Wisentzh (talk) 22:21, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

The terms parallel harmony/voiceleading, symmetrical harmony, etc... have long been used to refer to the same thing... not sure why a new term is needed, possibly Rawlins didn't realize these terms already exist? there is nothing especially notable or descriptive about this term and it's hardly in wide use. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.102.159.120 (talk) 20:50, 18 January 2023 (UTC)