yearpublication
1981 "A system of modes used in the urban music of Afghanistan", Ethnomusicology, XXV(1):1 39.
1987 "Principes d'improvisation rythmique dans le jeu du rubâb d'Afghanistan", in L'Improvisation dans les musiques de tradition orale, Bernard Lortat Jacob (ed), Paris: SELAF, 175-188. ISBN 2-8257-0159-9. With audio example on cassette played by Rahim Khushnawaz. English version of this paper published as "Principles of Rhythmic Improvisation for the Afghan Rubâb" in International Council for Traditional Music UK Chapter Bulletin, 1989:3 16.
1988 Music of Afghanistan: Professional musicians in the city of Herat. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 26, 76–78, 79–80, 99–100. Examples 5 and 17 on the accompanying audio recording.
1989 "The role of a motor grammar in the performance of music", in Frank Wilson and Franz Roehmann (eds), Music and Child Development: Proceedings of the 1987 Denver Conference. St. Louis: MMB Music, 202 213.
1991 "Some cognitive aspects of motor planning in musical performance", Psychologica Belgica, XXXI(2):147-162.
1997 "The naghma-ye kashâl of Afghanistan", British Journal of Ethnomusicology, 6:117-163.
2010 "Tools of the Trade: The Afghan Rubab", Songlines, No. 71:43–46.
2015 "War, Exile and the Music of Afghanistan: The Ethnographer's Tale", SOAS Musicology Series, Ashgate. [link]