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Showing 1 to 20 of 361 for “"improvisation"”.
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Computational Modelling of Jazz Improvisation
… we model the mechanisms by which ensemble jazz improvisations actually take place. We use several features from the previous studies to explore the strategies that five duos of professional musicians employ to coordinate with one another under experimental conditions that are designed to disrupt …
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IMPROVISATION AS EVOLUTION : THE TAIWANESE GEZAIXI
… has developed through a constant process of improvisation. This improvisation is manifested in its adoption of and interaction with other theatre traditions; the flexible interchanging of its internal elements to generate variations of itself; and finally its reaction to external forces. …
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Twig Dances: Improvisation Performance as Ecological Practice
… data collected from a series of experiments in improvisation. Conducted in a number of locations in Europe and Asia, these experiments examine the usefulness of improvisation performance practices to notions of “ecology” and common understandings of humans’ relationships to our environment. …
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Laptop Improvisation in a Multi-Dimensional Space
Using information theory as a foundation, this paper defines virtuosity in the context of laptop performance, outlines a number of challenges that face laptop performers and software designers, and provides solutions that have been implemented in the author's own software environment. A summary of …
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Improvisation in Jíbaro Music: A Structural Analysis
Improvisation is regarded as the most sublime element in the jíbaro folk music tradition of Puerto Rico. This tradition originated by the jíbaro, the simple rural farmer of Puerto Rico's heartland, involves the complicated art of improvising in décima, a ten-line poetic form, as well as …
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A conversation-based framework for musical improvisation
… governing navigation through that structure. ImprovisationBuilder, an object-oriented framework written in Smalltalk-80, supports this model for musical improvisation. The framework demonstrates how computers can participate in musical improvisation, and how the study of conversation can …
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A melody description system for jazz improvisation
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1981.
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Improvisation and Visual Thinking Strategies In Art Education
… possible educational benefits of spontaneity and improvisation in visual art education. The research draws from current practices and philosophies in music and drama education with the aim of developing collaboration, communication, problem solving, and creative and innovative thinking skills in …
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COMPARING TRADITIONAL AND MODERN TRENDS IN JAZZ IMPROVISATION
… thesis compares traditional and modern jazz improvisation through analysis. These analyses discuss various musical techniques and ideas specific to each differing era. The case studies focus on three traditional jazz standards: "Autumn Leaves," "Someday My Prince Will Come," and "Cantaloupe …
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Shared Creativity and Flow in Dance Improvisation Practice
… and the role of flow experience in group dance improvisation. A literature review suggested that dancers associate high-quality performance with 'being in the flow', and that group flow is a peak experience when a group is performing at its highest level. The first study explored the role of …
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Middle School String Improvisation and Composition: A Beginning
… Arts and Education Middle School String Improvisation and Composition: A Beginning Committee Chair: Dorothy Morrison This project involved of a middle school orchestra teacher’s first attempt at teaching improvisation and composition. The journey began by teaching the basic steps in …
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Middle School String Improvisation and Composition: A Beginning
… Arts and Education Middle School String Improvisation and Composition: A Beginning Committee Chair: Dorothy Morrison This project involved of a middle school orchestra teacher’s first attempt at teaching improvisation and composition. The journey began by teaching the basic steps in …
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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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Role-taking in free improvisation and collaborative composition
Role-taking, the adoption of solo, accompanying or punctuating roles by a given part or parts may exist in any form of music. In Part 1, I have argued that the structure of free improvised pieces can be articulated in terms of player-functional or material-generative roles taken by ensemble …
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Markov Chains as Tools for Jazz Improvisation Analysis
… (Markov chains) for the modeling of jazz improvisation with the intended subobjective of providing increased insight into an improviser's style and creativity through the postulation of quantitative measures of style and creativity based on the constructed Markovian analysis techniques. …
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GENERIC: Musical Improvisation with Machine Learning and Generative Composition
… partner and a source of computerized musical improvisation. The compositional features, electronics design, and sound synthesis techniques employed throughout GENERIC are examined in detail, and the conceptual implications surrounding musical composition involving an AI system are …
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