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Improvisation
Improvisation
Improvisation
Improvisation
Instrumentation
Improvisation
Instrumentation
Scale
Improvisation
Instrumentation
Scale
Communities
Improvisation
Instrumentation
Scale
Communities
Improvisation
Instrumentation
Performer Roles
Scale
Communities
Improvisation
Instrumentation
Performer Roles
Articulation Scale
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Improvisation
Instrumentation Musical Form Performer Roles
Articulation Scale
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Improvisation
Instrumentation Musical Form Performer Roles Rhythmic Patterns
Articulation Scale
Communities
Improvisation
Instrumentation Musical Form Performer Roles Rhythmic Patterns
Communities
Improvisation
Instrumentation Musical Form Performer Roles Rhythmic Patterns
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Improvisation
Instrumentation Musical Form Performer Roles Rhythmic Patterns Degree of Repetition Articulation Scale Phrasing Dissemination through recording Degrees of freedom
Communities
Improvisation
Performer Roles Rhythmic Patterns Degree of Repetition Articulation Scale Phrasing Dissemination through recording Degrees of freedom
Communities
Improvisation
Performer Roles Rhythmic Patterns Degree of Repetition Articulation Scale Phrasing Dissemination through recording Degrees of freedom
Improvisation
Micro and counter-cultures Musical Form Performer Roles
Rhythmic Patterns Degree of Repetition Articulation Scale Phrasing Dissemination through recording Degrees of freedom
Improvisation
Micro and counter-cultures Musical Form Performer Roles
Rhythmic Patterns Degree of Repetition Articulation Scale Social Phrasing Degrees of freedom
Improvisation
Idiomatic Thresholds
Improvisation
Idiomatic Thresholds
A lot of contemporary improvising musicians inhabit the threshold of idiomatic constrains, using more than one musical idiom and breaking the up.
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What is the idiom? What is the structure? What are the roles of each performer?
Almost Bebop?
What is the idiom? What is the structure? What are the roles of each performer?
What is the idiom? What is the structure? What are the roles of each performer?
What is the idiom? What is the structure? What are the roles of each performer?
What is the idiom? What is the structure? What is the instrumental technique?
Almost non-western?
Development of alternative techniques to play traditional instruments. Evan Parker has developed a technique which treats the instrumental as a multi-dimensional space, allowing him to think of breathing, finger positions, articulation as independent elements that can be layered in different ways.
Non-idiomatic improvisation: Musical language derives from each players technique, free improvisation and relationships between the players
With Evan Parker, Tristan Honsinger, Tony Coe, Lindsay Cooper; London 1980 (Actual 80)
"Here is a series of individuals, each has his own personal music. All worked on their instruments, on their own, to develop a highly personal language." So my first decision, which I think was the most important, was never to talk about language or sound at all. I left that completely up to the performers. What I was left with was structure. (John Zorn)
"Here is a series of individuals, each has his own personal music. All worked on their instruments, on their own, to develop a highly personal language." So my first decision, which I think was the most important, was never to talk about language or sound at all. I left that completely up to the performers. What I was left with was structure. (John Zorn)
Improvisation John Zorn Cobra (1984) no idiom... just structure? putting the music together a classic f***up