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Oct 24, 2023 · For Howard Becker, musical training requires both learning musical language and also an appreciation of how to make music with others through improvisation, even without a notated score. Here there is also an understanding of the way in which culture works in motion and through interaction.
The chapter defines improvisation as: creative, social, ambiguous, spontaneous, and accessible. It discusses different theoretical approaches, proposing the following distinctions: practice-based theories; cognitive theories; psychodynamic theories; neuroscience theories; and ethnomusicology theories.
Jun 22, 2018 · This article is a review of literature that conceptualizes the practice of collective free music improvisation as a sociocommunicative endeavor, with its appended value and implications to musicians and music learners.
- Hoon Hong Ng
- 2019
Dec 16, 2013 · This chapter studies musical improvisation from the perspective of a performing musician and ethnomusicologist. Informed by personal experience and theory, the author explores improvisation in terms of two broadly conceived yet closely interconnected realms, musical artistry and cultural interpretation. Examples from different world contexts ...
May 24, 2017 · Reaffirms music as involving activity and interaction rather than existing as an object. Reviews the literature on musical meaning and music as a technology of the self and establishes the unique importance of music for both social differentiation and integration. Shepherd, John, and Kyle Devine, eds. 2015.
Oct 2, 2022 · Improvisation is a defining aspect of music making. No longer a musical skill conceptualized as the preserve of elite jazz musicians, improvisation is now taught and researched as a creative, universally accessible musical skill at universities, conservatories, and music schools around the world.
Nov 18, 2019 · Using three case studies they show that activities in music improvisation have inclusive potential for opening constructive dialogues between performers, their instruments, and people of different backgrounds and abilities.
