Melba Liston Thematic Sankey, Version 31

Version 30 | 13 interviews | 43 analytic topics | 258 participant-theme incidences. A sixth origin domain, Listening / Encounter / Method / Learning, restores the interview-method evidence produced through guided, repeated, and comparative listening. Click any left source domain to isolate every Domain → Topic stream leaving it. Click a right destination to isolate every Topic → Result stream entering it. All other ribbons and terminals are strongly down-lit. Select an active topic or ribbon to open its individual evidence route. Aubrey Logan and Nabou Claerhout added September 11, 2026. Their quotations are working automated-transcript excerpts and require audio verification before publication.

Hover any stream segment or Topic/Concept to isolate its complete Domain → Topic → Pattern route. Click a stream or Topic/Concept to pin the route and open its interview evidence in the right panel. Counts are cumulative participant-theme incidences. Use the floating “Understanding the Diagram” button for the coding and count logic.

A Short Walkthrough

How the Melba Liston visualization connects musical interpretation with interview evidence.