This blog post examines conventions for citing music lyrics in APA.The tricky thing about citing musical works in APA is that no section of the APA manual strictly examines citing musical sources. If, however, you are taking music education courses or writing your master’s thesis in music education, then APA will govern most of your style and documentation. ( You can read about how to cite song lyrics in CMOS in another blog post.) Generally, if you are in a music literature class, your professor will have CMOS or its student version, Turabian, listed on your course syllabus as the course style guide. Music classes use both Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) and the American Psychological Association (APA) manual as style guides. However, many of the principles for the 6th edition remain in place for the 7th edition. This post also follows guidelines for APA 6th edition it has not been updated to reflect APA 7th edition guidelines. It was originally published on the APU Writing Center’s blog.
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