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Revzis, Inessa M. "About the Development of Improvisational Skills in the Pupils of Children’s Music Schools." ICONI, no. 2 (2019): 106–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.33779/2658-4824.2019.2.106-115.

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A considerable amount of pedagogical manuals and the programs devoted to methods of instruction of improvisation is connected with examining improvisation in the context of jazz pedagogy, or the art of performance (most frequently — piano). However, the development of the composer’s improvisational skills is deemed to be more important. The diffi culties of creation of the algorithm of instruction of this type of activities, but quite apparent is the set of conditions connected, fi rst of all, with the natural inclination towards improvisation, and also the presence of compositional abilities; second, with the mandatory mastery of an entire complex of music theory knowledge. Upon the combination of these two factors, it becomes possible to speak of a high level of development of improvisational skills. The article offers the point of view regarding the organization of the process of acquisition of skills of improvisation, the basis of which is comprised by six basic components, presenting six types of improvisation: melodic, poetical, harmonic, textural, ornamental and genre-related. Each separately presented subject is signifi cant, most notably, for the content of the course of “Composition,” which reveals the basic laws of construction of a musical composition, which, in their turn, are fundamental for the development of improvisational abilities. And because improvisation frequently becomes the fi rst impulse for creating a musical composition, which presumes its expression through spontaneity, it follows that both improvisation and composition thereby exist in close mutual connection.
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Coss, Roger G. "Creative Thinking in Music: Student-Centered Strategies for Implementing Exploration Into the Music Classroom." General Music Today 33, no. 1 (April 25, 2019): 29–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1048371319840654.

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Research suggests that exploratory experiences in the music classroom are a crucial developmental stage as students begin making the kinds of decisions required of them during composition and improvisation. The aims of this article are to (1) articulate a rationale for exploratory learning experiences in the music classroom and (2) outline practical strategies for using exploration as a foundation for compositional and improvisational development. Drawing on the research of Peter Webster, John Kratus, and Maud Hickey, this article outlines group and individual strategies for setting up a listening walk, introducing students to invented notation, scaffolding exploratory learning experiences in the classroom, and provides resources for extending these lessons into composition and improvisation instruction. Embedding exploration into the music classroom empowers students to develop the mental flexibility, disposition, and skills needed for improvising and composing.
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Larson, S. "COMPOSITION VERSUS IMPROVISATION?" Journal of Music Theory 49, no. 2 (January 1, 2005): 241–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00222909-008.

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Kovalenko, Yu B. "Composition and improvisation in the aspect of the music infl uence on the expressive structure of the fi lm." Aspects of Historical Musicology 15, no. 15 (September 15, 2019): 60–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.34064/khnum2-15.03.

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Background. In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in interdisciplinary research of arts due to the fact that human consciousness has a unity of principles and approaches in the perception of the surrounding world. In this regard, synthetic arts are of particular interest because they form their creative potential by the expressive means of their art forms. And cinema is one of those open to interaction with the audiovisual means of its other components. There are a lot of studies on fi lm music that contain the analysis of functional and structural features, as well as a point of expressive means interaction, although the last one is not systematized and generalized. Objectives. The study is aimed at identifying the features of the interaction between music and cinema. Particularly, the infl uence of compositional and improvisational processes of music on the expressive structure of the fi lm and the specifi cs of fi lm making are considered. The movies using mostly jazz music were selected to study for a more effective and balanced comparison of the effects of compositional and improvisational principles in their dialectical coexistence. Methods. The desire to explore the phenomenon in its entirety led to an integrated approach which has helped to project the expressive system of music on fi lm work. Both systemic and structural-functional methods are involved in order to determine the specifi cs. The comparative method of analysis is used to generalize the connections of music thinking with audiovisual conception. And the interpretative approach helps to synthesize the results of survey. Scientifi c novelty consists in the attempt to outline the essential connection between music and audiovisual creativity which lies in the time nature of both arts and the tendency to non-verbal expressiveness. Results. The results of the research support the idea that composition and improvisation as two principles of creating a musical work are equally inherent in fi lm making. The fi rst of them provides for the stability and completeness of the structure, while the second one is associated with an instantaneous sensual response to the creation of the work in front of the viewer. Thereby, improvisation actualizes the process of creating a work of art as a way of artists’ communication with one another and with the public. It should be noted that there is a difference between the concept of improvisation as a process and the improvisational principle as a property. The last of them is found in the music of any tradition and is refl ected in the content and form of the work. The main features of the improvisational principle are relaxedness and freedom of expression, a feeling of continuity of movement and unexpectedness of further actions. Similarly, the compositional principle can be distinguished. It is based on repeats and returns of stable elements at a distance. The interaction of compositional and improvisational principles can be traced in the complex of expressive means of the fi lm at the level of dramatic development and plot structure, features of the dynamic movement and screen plastic, light-shadow score, fi - gurative content. When it comes to a musical or biopic fi lm, the diegetic music becomes a stabilizing element of the composition, and the constant returning to the situation of musical performance creates a cyclical effect. At the same time, sensual contemplation, live instant response to the observation of the creation provides a fi eld for acting improvisation within the regulated scenario. Analysis of the movie “Round Midnight” (Bertrand Tavernier, 1986) confi rms these assumptions and the hero’s jazz improvisation replaces his monologues, acting as the main fi gurative characteristic. Films in the genre Noir are marked by the use of jazz improvisation on the non-diegetic structure level. The functional uncertainty of sections, the fl ow of linear and nonlinear narratives, and unexpected change in the rhythm are observed in such fi lms. However, the return of wandering, searching, doubting, walking, coversational situations provide a manifestation of the compositional principle. These observations are made on the example of the movie “Lift to the Scaffold” (Luis Malle, 1958), and the most profound form of interaction between jazz improvisation and cinematic expressiveness – the so-called “jazz cinema”, based on the interpretation of jazz through the prism of fi lm expressive means. “Shadows” (John Cassavetes, 1959) happened to be the fi rst specimen of such kind of fi lms. But the most complex form of interaction between compositional and improvisational elements of music and fi lms are large-scale drama fi lms with numerous storylines and a large number of characters. This is considered on the example of the “Regtime” (Miloš Forman, 1981), where the musical genre determines the plot development, certain events and situations and musical score. In other words, music affects the expressive structure of the fi lm on three levels: genre-stylistic, compositional-dramatic, artistic-linguistic. Conclusions. In the process of the research it has been found out that common time nature in music and cinema allows them to be in close cooperation. The analysis of improvisational and compositional elements in fi lms indicates their certain connections with the musical form. Stabilization at the level of the plot is achieved through the return of certain dramatic situations, cycle of musical compositions as a diegetic element of the fi lm and fi nally, musical accompaniment of certain situations. Instead, improvisation is refl ected in the unexpected events, the looseness of the dialogue and the violation of linear development. All of these dramatic situations are marked by sensual contemplation and alive, instant response to changes in events. One of the main features that unite fi lm structure and jazzy music is the dialogical character of narration. This property makes improvisation a method of presentation and composition building.
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Addison, Richard. "A New Look at Musical Improvisation in Education." British Journal of Music Education 5, no. 3 (November 1988): 255–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0265051700006665.

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After a brief summary of the development of ‘Creative Music’ in schools in the U.K., the author suggests that the emphasis on Improvisation, advocated by Orff and others, has been lost in favour of the Composition/Product model.An attempt to define ‘Improvisation’ leads to various considerations of its value and purpose in various educational settings, and in Music Therapy. Links with ‘play’ in young children, and with practices in Movement/Dance education are drawn.Practical examples are suggested, and a ‘spectrum’of degrees of ‘improvisation’ opportunity are suggested. Participants perceptions of improvisation and composition are described, and finally the case for improvisation as an essential part of any music curriculum is made.
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Stetsiuk, B. O. "Types of musical improvisation: a classification discourse." Problems of Interaction Between Arts, Pedagogy and the Theory and Practice of Education 57, no. 57 (March 10, 2020): 178–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.34064/khnum1-57.11.

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This article systemizes the types of musical improvisation according to various approaches to this phenomenon. It uses as the basis the classification by Ernst Ferand, which presently needs to be supplemented and clarified. It was stressed that the most general approach to the phenomenon of musical improvisation is its classification based on the layer principle (folklore, academic music, “third” layer). Within these layers, there are various forms of musical improvisation whose systemization is based on different principles, including: performer composition (collective or solo improvisation), process technology (full or partial improvisation), thematic orientation (improvisation theme in a broad and narrow context), etc. It was emphasized that classification of musical improvisation by types is manifested the most vividly when exemplified by jazz, which sums up the development of its principles and forms that shaped up in the previous eras in various regions of the world and have synthetized in the jazz language, which today reflects the interaction between such fundamental origins of musical thought as improvisation and composition. It was stated that the basic principles for classification of the types of musical improvisation include: 1) means of improvisation (voices; keyboard, string, wind and percussion instruments); 2) performer composition (solo or collective improvisation); 3) textural coordinates (vertical, horizontal, and melodic or harmonic improvisation, respectively); 4) performance technique (melodic ornaments, coloring, diminutiving, joining voices in the form of descant, organum, counterpoint); 5) scale of improvisation (absolute, relative; total, partial); 6) forms of improvisation: free, related; ornamental improvisation, variation, ostinato, improvisation on cantus firmus or another preset material (Ernst Ferand). It was stressed that as of today, the Ferand classification proposed back in 1938 needs to be supplemented by a number of new points, including: 1) improvisation of a mixed morphological type (music combined with dance and verbal text in two versions: a) invariable text and dance rhythm, b) a text and dance moves that are also improvised); 2) “pure” musical improvisation: vocal, instrumental, mixed (S. Maltsev). The collective form was the genetically initial form of improvisation, which included all components of syncretic action and functioned within the framework of cult ritual. Only later did the musical component per se grow separated (autonomous), becoming self-sufficient but retaining the key principle of dialogue that helps reproduce the “question-answer” system in any types of improvisation – a system that serves as the basis for creation of forms in the process of improvisation. Two more types of improvisation occur on this basis, differing from each other by communication type (Y. Lotman): 1) improvisation “for oneself” (internal type, characterized by reclusiveness and certain limitedness of information); 2) improvisation “for others” (external type, characterized by informational openness and variegation). It was emphasized that solo improvisation represents a special variety of musical improvisation, which beginning from the Late Renaissance era becomes dominating in the academic layer, distinguishable in the initial phase of its development for an improvising writing dualism (M. Saponov). The classification criterion of “composition” attains a new meaning in the system of professional music playing, to which improvisation also belongs. Its interpretation becomes dual and applies to the performance and textural components of improvisation, respectively. With regard to the former, two types occur in the collective form of improvisation: 1) improvisation by all participants (simultaneous or consecutive); 2)improvisation by a soloist against the background of invariable fixed accompaniment in other layers of music performance. The following types of improvisation occur in connection with the other – textural – interpretation of the term “composition”, which means inner logical principle of organization of musical fabric (T. Bershadska): 1) monodic, or monophonic (all cases of solo improvisation by voice or on melodic wind instruments); 2) heterophonic (collective improvisation based on interval duplications and variations of the main melody); 3) polyphonic (different-picture melodies in party voices of collective improvisation); 4) homophonic-harmonic (a combination of melodic and harmonic improvisations, typical for the playing on many-voiced harmonic instruments). It was emphasized that in the theory of musical improvisation, there is a special view at texture: on the one hand, it (like in a composition) “configures” (E. Nazaikinskyi) the musical fabric, and on the other hand, it is not a final representation thereof, i.e., it does not reach the value of Latin facio (“what has been done”). A work of improvisation is not an amorphous musical fabric; on the contrary, it contains its own textural organization, which, unlike a written composition, is distinguishable for the mobility and variability of possible textural solutions. The article’s concluding remarks state that classification of the types of musical improvisation in the aspect of its content and form must accommodate the following criteria: 1) performance type (voices, instruments, performance method, composition of participants, performance location); 2) texture type (real acoustic organization of musical space in terms of vertical, horizontal and depth parameters); 3) thematic (in the broad and narrow meanings of this notion: from improvisation on “idea theme” or “image theme” to variation improvisations on “text theme”, which could be represented by various acoustic structures: modes, ostinato figures of various types, melody themes like jazz evergreens, harmonic sequences, etc.).
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Prévost, Eddie. "Improvisation: Music for an Occasion." British Journal of Music Education 2, no. 2 (July 1985): 177–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0265051700004794.

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The case is put for improvisation as the basis for world music, with special reference to flexibility of the blues and the gamelan. An overview of the impact of society on music leads to a general survey of the status of improvisation in pre-industrial Western European culture. Improvisation is contrasted with composition and consideration is given to the problems of providing education in improvisation without destroying its vitality and communicative power.
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Guderian, Lois Veenhoven. "Music Improvisation and Composition in the General Music Curriculum." General Music Today 25, no. 3 (July 27, 2011): 6–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1048371311415404.

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Parson, Dale. "Quantum Composition and Improvisation." Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment 8, no. 4 (June 30, 2021): 21–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/aiide.v8i4.12552.

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Quantum mechanical systems exist as superpositions of complementary states that collapse to classical, concrete states upon becoming entangled with the measurement apparatus of observer-participants. A musical composition and its performance constitute a quantum system. Historically, conventional musical notation has presented the appearance of a composition as a deterministic, concrete entity, with interpretation approached as an extrinsic act. This historical perspective inhabits a subspace of the available quantum space. A quantum musical system unifies the composition, instruments, situated performance and perception as a superposition of musical events that collapses to concrete musical events via the interactions and perceptions of performers and audience. A composer captures superposed musical events via implicit or explicit conditional event probabilities, and human and/or machine performers create music by collapsing interrelated probabilities to zeros and ones via observer-participancy.
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ȘUTEU, Ligia-Claudia. "The psychology of music creation." BULLETIN OF THE TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV SERIES VIII - PERFORMING ARTS 13 (62), SI (January 20, 2021): 305–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.31926/but.pa.2020.13.62.3.33.

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This study aims to conduct a study on the origins of music creation and its metamorphosis. A parallel is drawn between improvisation and composition, making analogies with other fields such as rhetoric and literature. The two terms incorporate a series of processes, mental structures and a thorough preparation, clear examples found in previous eras, improvisation having a leading place in Baroque and Classicism. The article aims at psychological models encountered in improvisation and composition, creativity being investigated in this context. Improvisation and composition present a series of similarities and differences, being argued by presenting the main theories, which are based on a psychological profile of the individual, carefully studied over the decades. The metaphysics of music and the physical and mental processes that the composer or improviser goes through, have often been associated with other fields of research, such as language, theater, poetry, rhetoric and much more. Their study and presentation have as role the artistic development of the complete musician, whether it is a soloist, composer or improviser.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Music composition and improvisation"

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Strazzullo, Guy, University of Western Sydney, of Arts Education and Social Sciences College, and School of Contemporary Arts. "An intercultural approach to composition and improvisation." THESIS_CAESS_CAR_Strazzullo_G.xml, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/501.

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Experiences as a composer and performer in Australia involve a number of significant collaborations with musicians from diverse cultures and musical backgrounds. The musical result incorporates a number of world music elements in the form of drones, rhythms and the use of instruments such as modified guitars and the tabla. But it is distinctly different in content and approach from the generic term, World music, because it deals almost exclusively with music traditions where improvisation is central to collaborative processes. The application of the term ‘intercultural improvisation’ is a more useful descriptor of the process in which musicians from diverse backgrounds cross the boundaries of their music and step into ao zone of experimentation. This is explored through composition and improvisation that cross musical boundaries
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Davidson, Neil. "Composition in improvisation : forms and otherwise." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2010. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2301/.

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This is a folio of compositions that interferes with composition and improvisation in practice and in theory. A resistance to theme and content is countered by proposing a very broad conception of form that brings into play anthropological and philosophical examples as well as a questioning of traditional musical forms. The pieces in general propose ways of composing and playing otherwise. The scores are interspersed with texts which engender relationships and patterns of thought pertinent to the workings of the pieces such that a critical position is articulated without resorting to longwinded argument. Audio recordings of the pieces are included at the rear of the document.
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Strazzullo, Guy. "An intercultural approach to composition and improvisation /." View thesis, 2003. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20051013.095017/index.html.

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Schnittgrund, Tammy Lynn. "Middle school string improvisation and composition a beginning /." CONNECT TO THIS TITLE ONLINE, 2007. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-07162007-160203/.

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Stanyek, Jason. "Diasporic improvisation and the articulation of intercultural music /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3129936.

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Walduck, Jacqueline Sarah. "Role-taking in free improvisation and collaborative composition." Thesis, City University London, 1997. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/7466/.

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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 members, and that these roles may, in turn, reflect the interpersonal dynamics of the group. The first four chapters uncover possible roles, and propose a methodology for mapping the structure of improvised pieces. Part 2 is a portfolio of backbone compositions - compositions written for one or two instruments with the intention of adding further parts in collaboration with other musicians. The compositions, including the process of their realisation, make use of the roles uncovered in Part 1, leading to musical structures suggestive of long-term or large-scale human interaction. The technique is expanded to encompass interaction with another art form - film. The final piece in the portfolio demonstrates how the two media interrelate by means of an awareness of role-taking within and between them.
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Rogers, Glenn Andrew. "The application of Konokol to guitar improvisation and composition." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2017. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1956.

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This dissertation is an exploration of the rhythmic concepts used in two South Indian musical theory concepts, solkattu and konokol. Konokol application largely depends on instrument limitations and musical contexts. The principle focus here is on my personal application of konokol to the guitar both through composed and improvised music. A detailed study of konokol was undertaken through private lessons in India and personal experimentation to determine how these concepts could be adapted to Western improvisation, harmony and composition, as well as right--‐hand classical guitar and plectrum techniques. This was done intuitively by exploring guitar techniques and konokol simultaneously. The outcome of this study was a process applied to guitar composition and improvisation. Graphic numerical tables and geometrical representations are outlined in this dissertation as a guide to understanding this process. The second outcome of this research includes a series of Western compositions improvised and through--‐composed. This outcome explores a fundamental concept, the practical applications of konokol and mrdangam patterns to guitar composition and guitar improvisation. The appendices include a practical reference guide to many of these concepts, providing a valuable and a beneficial resource for any musician who would like to use and understand rhythmic concepts outside the Western musical tradition. A compact disc of my original compositions demonstrating my application of konokol concepts and theories to guitar composition is also included as part of this research. This dissertation presents an alternative framework and methodology to the Western canon of rhythmic knowledge and involves rethinking numbers, rhythm and phrasing in a manner that is essentially different to the Western pedagogy of rhythmic knowledge. Possible future research on the collective memory and fractal design of konokol and how this is related to memory is also proposed.
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Gifford, Toby. "Improvisation in interactive music systems." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2011. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/49795/1/Toby_Gifford_Thesis.pdf.

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This project investigates machine listening and improvisation in interactive music systems with the goal of improvising musically appropriate accompaniment to an audio stream in real-time. The input audio may be from a live musical ensemble, or playback of a recording for use by a DJ. I present a collection of robust techniques for machine listening in the context of Western popular dance music genres, and strategies of improvisation to allow for intuitive and musically salient interaction in live performance. The findings are embodied in a computational agent – the Jambot – capable of real-time musical improvisation in an ensemble setting. Conceptually the agent’s functionality is split into three domains: reception, analysis and generation. The project has resulted in novel techniques for addressing a range of issues in each of these domains. In the reception domain I present a novel suite of onset detection algorithms for real-time detection and classification of percussive onsets. This suite achieves reasonable discrimination between the kick, snare and hi-hat attacks of a standard drum-kit, with sufficiently low-latency to allow perceptually simultaneous triggering of accompaniment notes. The onset detection algorithms are designed to operate in the context of complex polyphonic audio. In the analysis domain I present novel beat-tracking and metre-induction algorithms that operate in real-time and are responsive to change in a live setting. I also present a novel analytic model of rhythm, based on musically salient features. This model informs the generation process, affording intuitive parametric control and allowing for the creation of a broad range of interesting rhythms. In the generation domain I present a novel improvisatory architecture drawing on theories of music perception, which provides a mechanism for the real-time generation of complementary accompaniment in an ensemble setting. All of these innovations have been combined into a computational agent – the Jambot, which is capable of producing improvised percussive musical accompaniment to an audio stream in real-time. I situate the architectural philosophy of the Jambot within contemporary debate regarding the nature of cognition and artificial intelligence, and argue for an approach to algorithmic improvisation that privileges the minimisation of cognitive dissonance in human-computer interaction. This thesis contains extensive written discussions of the Jambot and its component algorithms, along with some comparative analyses of aspects of its operation and aesthetic evaluations of its output. The accompanying CD contains the Jambot software, along with video documentation of experiments and performances conducted during the project.
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Zadel, Mark. "A software system for laptop performance and improvisation /." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=98594.

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Laptop performance---performance on a standard computer system without novel controllers, usually by a solo musician---is an increasingly common mode of live computer music. Its novelty is diminishing, however, and it is frequently described as being uninteresting. Laptop performance often lacks the sense of effort and active creation that we typically expect from live music, and exhibits little perceivable connection between the performer's actions and the resulting sound. Performance software designs tend to constrict the flow of control between the performer and the music, often leading artists to rely on prepared control sequences. Laptop performers become "pilots" of largely computerized processes, detracting from the live experience.
This thesis project presents an alternative software interface that aims to bring a sense of active creation to laptop performance. The system prevents the use of prepared control sequences and allows the live assembly of generative musical processes. The software resembles a freehand drawing interface where strokes are interactively assembled to create looping and cascading animated figures. The on-screen animation is mapped to sound, creating corresponding audio patterns. Networks of strokes are assembled and manipulated to perform music. The system's use of freehand input infuses the music with natural human variability, and its graphical interface establishes a visible connection between the user's actions and the resulting audio.
The thesis document explores the above issues in laptop performance, which motivated this research. Typical examples of performance software are presented, illustrating the interface design patterns that contribute to this situation. The thesis software project is presented, describing its goals, design and implementation. The properties of the interface are discussed in light of the project's initial objectives. It is concluded that the system is a solid step toward a novel approach to laptop performance software.
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Chen, Daniel. "Computer improvisation of jazz solos /." Online version of thesis, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11088.

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Books on the topic "Music composition and improvisation"

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Christiansen, Hans Henning. Arrangement, improvisation, komposition. Egtved: Edition Egtved, 1989.

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Stewart, Dave. Inside the music. San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books, 1999.

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Mazzola, G. Musical creativity: Strategies and tools in composition and improvisation. Berlin: Springer, 2011.

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Hyperimprovisation: Computer-interractive sound improvisations. Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, 2002.

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The musician's handbook: A guide to music fundamentals, hearing and performing music, reading and writing notation, improvising, and composing. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Hall, 1998.

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Exploratory musicism: Ideas for spontaneous composition. Binghamton, N.Y: Global Academic Pub., 2009.

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Hester, Karlton E. Exploratory musicism: Ideas for spontaneous composition. Binghamton, N.Y: Global Academic Pub., 2009.

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1954-, Gronemeyer Gisela, and Oehlschlägel Reinhard, eds. Nonsequiturs: Writings & lectures on improvisation, composition, and interpretation = Unlogische Folgerungen : Schriften und Vorträge zu Improvisation, Komposition und Interpretation. Köln: MusikTexte, 2007.

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Improvisation and composition in Balinese gendér wayang: Music of the moving shadows. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2011.

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Vella, Richard. Sounds in space, sounds in time: Projects in listening, improvising and composing. London: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, 2003.

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Book chapters on the topic "Music composition and improvisation"

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Feldman, Evan, and Ari Contzius. "Teaching Improvisation and Composition." In Instrumental Music Education, 59–69. Third edition. | New York: Routledge, 2020.: Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429028700-5.

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Sanyal, Ritwik, and Richard Widdess. "Performing the Composition: Rhythmic Variation and Improvisation." In Dhrupad: Tradition and Performance in Indian Music, 239–76. New York: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003347453-8.

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Lock, Gerhard, and Jaak Sikk. "Accident and Serendipity in Music Composition, Improvisation and Performance Art." In The Art of Serendipity, 191–219. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84478-3_8.

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Vuust, Peter, and Morten L. Kringelbach. "Music Improvisation." In The Routledge Companion to Music Cognition, 265–75. New York : Routledge, 2017.: Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315194738-22.

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Feisst, Sabine. "Improvisation and Composition." In The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Improvisation in the Arts, 374–91. New York: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003179443-30.

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Encarnacao, John, Brendan Smyly, and Monica Brooks. "Free improvisation." In Teaching and Evaluating Music Performance at University, 145–53. [1.] | New York : Routledge, 2020. | Series: ISME global perspectives: Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429328077-10.

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Clauhs, Matthew, Bryan Powell, and Ann C. Clements. "Songwriting, Improvisation, and Arranging." In Popular Music Pedagogies, 165–73. New York : Routledge, 2021.: Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429294440-16.

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Challis, Ben P. "Assistive Synchronised Music Improvisation." In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 49–56. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37982-6_7.

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Schroeder, Franziska. "Manyness in Music Improvisation." In The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Improvisation in the Arts, 228–42. New York: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003179443-19.

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Holdhus, Kari. "Pedagogical improvisation." In Expanding the Space for Improvisation Pedagogy in Music, 195–210. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351199957-13.

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Conference papers on the topic "Music composition and improvisation"

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Adu-Gilmore, Leila. "Critical Sonic Practice: Intersectional approaches to music technology, improvisation, theory and composition." In Rethinking the History of Technology-based Music. University of Huddersfield, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5920/criticalsonicpractice.

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Tomayko-Peters, Arvid. "Improvisation with the TOOB." In ACM SIGGRAPH 2009: Music & Audio. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1597983.1597987.

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Cabrera, Daniel Antonio Milán, and Yudi Sukmayadi. "An Introduction to Free Improvisation Music Through YouTube." In 3rd International Conference on Arts and Design Education (ICADE 2020). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210203.062.

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Bačlija Sušić, Blaženka, Katarina Habe, and Jasna Kudek Mirošević. "THE ROLE OF IMPROVISATION IN HIGHER MUSIC EDUCATION." In 12th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. IATED, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2019.1120.

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Kaliakatsos-Papakostas, M. A., A. Floros, and M. N. Vrahatis. "Intelligent Real-Time Music Accompaniment for Constraint-Free Improvisation." In 2012 IEEE 24th International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI 2012). IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ictai.2012.67.

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Armitage, Joanne, and Ng Kia. "Multimodal Music Composition." In Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2013). BCS Learning & Development, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.14236/ewic/eva2013.7.

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Wiriyachaiporn, Panida, Kankawee Chanasit, Atiwong Suchato, Proadpran Punyabukkana, and Ekapol Chuangsuwanich. "Algorithmic Music Composition Comparison." In 2018 15th International Joint Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (JCSSE). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/jcsse.2018.8457397.

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Fu, Tao-yang, Tsu-yu Wu, Chin-te Chen, Kai-chu Wu, and Ying-ping Chen. "Evolutionary interactive music composition." In the 8th annual conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1143997.1144301.

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Kikuchi, Junki, Hidekatsu Yanagi, and Yoshiaki Mima. "Music Composition with Recommendation." In the 29th Annual Symposium. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2984751.2985733.

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Grollmisch, Sascha, Christian Dittmar, and Gabriel Gatzsche. "Concept, implementation and evaluation of an improvisation based music video game." In 2009 International IEEE Consumer Electronics Society's Games Innovations Conference (ICE-GIC 2009). IEEE, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icegic.2009.5293599.

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Reports on the topic "Music composition and improvisation"

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Mayas, Magda. Creating with timbre. Norges Musikkhøgskole, August 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.22501/nmh-ar.686088.

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Unfolding processes of timbre and memory in improvisational piano performance This exposition is an introduction to my research and practice as a pianist, in which I unfold processes of timbre and memory in improvised music from a performer’s perspective. Timbre is often understood as a purely sonic perceptual phenomenon. However, this is not in accordance with a site-specific improvisational practice with changing spatial circumstances impacting the listening experience, nor does it take into account the agency of the instrument and objects used or the performer’s movements and gestures. In my practice, I have found a concept as part of the creating process in improvised music which has compelling potential: Timbre orchestration. My research takes the many and complex aspects of a performance environment into account and offers an extended understanding of timbre, which embraces spatial, material and bodily aspects of sound in improvised music performance. The investigative projects described in this exposition offer a methodology to explore timbral improvisational processes integrated into my practice, which is further extended through collaborations with sound engineers, an instrument builder and a choreographer: -experiments in amplification and recording, resulting in Memory piece, a series of works for amplified piano and multichannel playback - Piano mapping, a performance approach, with a custom-built device for live spatialization as means to expand and deepen spatio-timbral relationships; - Accretion, a project with choreographer Toby Kassell for three grand pianos and a pianist, where gestural approaches are used to activate and compose timbre in space. Together, the projects explore memory as a structural, reflective and performative tool and the creation of performing and listening modes as integrated parts of timbre orchestration. Orchestration and choreography of timbre turn into an open and hybrid compositional approach, which can be applied to various contexts, engaging with dynamic relationships and re-configuring them.
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Haddad, Joanne. Reproduction of 'Good Reverberations? Teacher Influence in Music Composition since 1450'. Social Science Reproduction Platform, May 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.48152/ssrp-4zww-p927.

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Möllenkamp, Andreas. Paradigms of Music Software Development. Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung, December 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.25366/2022.99.

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On the way to a more comprehensive and integrative historiography of music software, this paper proposes a survey of the main paradigms of music software development from the 1950s to the present. Concentrating on applications for music composition, production and performance, the analysis focusses on the concept and design of the human-computer-interaction as well as the implicit user.
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Duch, Michael. Performing Hanne Darboven's Opus 17a and long duration minimalist music. Norges Musikkhøgskole, August 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.22501/nmh-ar.481276.

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Hanne Darboven’s (1941-2009) Opus 17a is a composition for solo double bass that is rarely performed due to the physical and mental challenges involved in its performance. It is one of four opuses from the composers monumental 1008 page Wünschkonzert (1984), and was composed during her period of making “mathematical music” based on mathematical systems where numbers were assigned to certain notes and translated to musical scores. It can be described as large-scale minimalism and it is highly repetitive, but even though the same notes and intervals keep repeating, the patterns slightly change throughout the piece. This is an attempt to unfold the many challenges of both interpreting, preparing and performing this 70 minute long solo piece for double bass consisting of a continuous stream of eight notes. It is largely based on my own experiences of preparing, rehearsing and performing Opus 17a, but also on interviews I have conducted with fellow bass players Robert Black and Tom Peters, who have both made recordings of this piece as well as having performed it live. One is met with few instrumental technical challenges such as fingering, string crossing and bowing when performing Opus 17a, but because of its long duration what one normally would take for granted could possibly prove to be challenging.
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Pedersen, Gjertrud. Symphonies Reframed. Norges Musikkhøgskole, August 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.22501/nmh-ar.481294.

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Symphonies Reframed recreates symphonies as chamber music. The project aims to capture the features that are unique for chamber music, at the juncture between the “soloistic small” and the “orchestral large”. A new ensemble model, the “triharmonic ensemble” with 7-9 musicians, has been created to serve this purpose. By choosing this size range, we are looking to facilitate group interplay without the need of a conductor. We also want to facilitate a richness of sound colours by involving piano, strings and winds. The exact combination of instruments is chosen in accordance with the features of the original score. The ensemble setup may take two forms: nonet with piano, wind quartet and string quartet (with double bass) or septet with piano, wind trio and string trio. As a group, these instruments have a rich tonal range with continuous and partly overlapping registers. This paper will illuminate three core questions: What artistic features emerge when changing from large orchestral structures to mid-sized chamber groups? How do the performers reflect on their musical roles in the chamber ensemble? What educational value might the reframing unfold? Since its inception in 2014, the project has evolved to include works with vocal, choral and soloistic parts, as well as sonata literature. Ensembles of students and professors have rehearsed, interpreted and performed our transcriptions of works by Brahms, Schumann and Mozart. We have also carried out interviews and critical discussions with the students, on their experiences of the concrete projects and on their reflections on own learning processes in general. Chamber ensembles and orchestras are exponents of different original repertoire. The difference in artistic output thus hinges upon both ensemble structure and the composition at hand. Symphonies Reframed seeks to enable an assessment of the qualities that are specific to the performing corpus and not beholden to any particular piece of music. Our transcriptions have enabled comparisons and reflections, using original compositions as a reference point. Some of our ensemble musicians have had first-hand experience with performing the original works as well. Others have encountered the works for the first time through our productions. This has enabled a multi-angled approach to the three central themes of our research. This text is produced in 2018.
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