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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Improvisation (Music)"”.
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Improvisation: narrative and character techniques in jazz pedagogy
<p>"This paper explores techniques in theatrical improvisation and discovers how they can be applied to jazz improvisation pedagogy. Improvised character and narrative are addressed from a theatrical standpoint and techniques are demonstrated to be easily relatable to jazz. The author proposes some …
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Search for the self: redefining the jazz language : a personal perspective.
The exegesis documents the musical application by the author of philosophical and aesthetic ideas practiced by three visual artists and one musician. In response to these ideas, the author devised exercises and strategies that served to enhance his own creative and personal expression. This …
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Building Mobile Instruments for Improvised Musical Performance
… explores an approach to building electronic musical instruments for use in improvised music that I have found to be particularly effective for developing flexible, dynamic, and versatile instruments well adapted to the improvised context, and a resultant set of suites of solo improvised …
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Predictive ability of music aptitude and improvisation readiness on the quality of student improvisations
… State University. Department of Music Education, 2005
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An Analysis of Joe Lovano's Tenor Saxophone Improvisation on "Misterioso" by Thelonius Monk: An Exercise in Multi-Dimensional Thematicism
… the analysis of the transcription of Lovano's improvisation; the four levels of the analysis work together and also independent of one another to produce a kind of thematic counterpoint. This study also examines how Lovano creates an effective solo. The study will be of benefit to students, …
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Live Sampling in Improvised Musical Performance: Three Approaches and a Discussion of Aesthetics
Three original software programs utilizing improvisation and live sampling are presented here, along with a discussion of aesthetic issues raised by each. They are entitled Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Musiker, Motet, and Gamepad Sampler. These programs vary in the degree of required interaction and …
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The Effects of Free Play As an Instructional Tool on the Quality of Improvisation of First, Second, and Third Grade Children
To look at the effect of free play on the musical improvisations of first, second and third grade children, 108 children were randomly assigned to either a control or treatment group. Subjects were tested using a researcher-designed instrument to elicit an improvisatory response. The control group …
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The use of notated and aural exercises as pedagogical procedures intended to develop harmonic accuracy among beginning jazz improvisers
… for teaching harmonic accuracy to beginning jazz improvisation students. The methods of pedagogy were identified from published pedagogic and historical sources, the results of oral and written traditions of jazz pedagogy. The performance objective was produced from a review of the related …
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A multi-dimensional entropy model of jazz improvisation for music information retrieval.
Jazz improvisation provides a case context for examining information in music; entropy provides a means for representing music for retrieval. Entropy measures are shown to distinguish between different improvisations on the same theme, thus demonstrating their potential for representing jazz …
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The effects of a music learning theory-based pattern instruction curriculum on the improvisational ability of middle school instrumental music students
… State University. Department of Music Education, 2005
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Cyclic Patterns in John Coltrane's Melodic Vocabulary as Influenced by Nicolas Slonimsky's Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns: An Analysis of Selected Improvisations
… used as melodic vocabulary in John Coltrane's improvisations from compositions of 1965 to 1967. The analysis is categorized in two distinct sections. The first section analyzes melodic vocabulary that is derived from the cycle of descending major thirds progressions found in the compositions of …
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Development and Reliability of a Music Therapy Assessment Tool for People with Dementia
… their quality of life for as long as possible. Music therapy is one treatment option that has been shown to provide cognitive, physical, emotional, social and behavioral benefits for this population. However, music therapy-specific assessments are needed to document the clinical and research …
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Towards interaction: Combining jazz techniques and idiomatic writing for Varied ensembles. A collection of musical works -and- An exegesis
This practice-led research project has produced musical works that bring together ensembles from the Western Classical tradition that only read notation, and, jazz soloists who improvise. Three works ‘Standing Ground’, ‘The Journey’ and ‘Matt versus the Zombies’ were composed for three ensembles …