This volume includes articles by Amine Beyhom: 'A Hypothesis for the Elaboration of Heptatonic scales', Richard Dumbrill: 'The Truth about Babylonian Music', Bruno Deschenes: 'A preliminary approach to the Analysis of honkyoku, the solo repertoire of the Japanese shakuhachi', Amine Beyhom: 'MAT for VIAMAP - Maqam analysis Tools for the Video-Animated Music Analysis Project.