Musicology Annotation << Back Conceptual Base of Musical Sound Recording. Approaches and Solutions Gdaliy I. Garmiza In this article different approaches and methods of music recording are described and compared on the basis of generalization and scientific revision of opinions stated in scientific and educational literature by Russian, British and American writers: V. Dinov, P. Ignatov, W. Moylan , A. Hamilton, A. Edinin, E. Eisenberg, R. Strei­cher and others. Concepts of live and studio recording, documentary-technical approach and naturalistic method within creative approach, naturalistic and techno-centered methods of creative sound recording are compared. The author proposes his own typology of music recordings. Keywords: concepts of music recording, typology of music recordings, phonography, music recording production. Contacts: E-mail: gdalik@gmail.com Pp. 02-07.