Assignments: Research
R2 – Improvisation and Experience
In “Contemplating the Concept of Improvisation and its History in Scholarship”, Nettl questions whether the sphere of things considered “improvisation” is too diverse to justify the word’s use. Though the lines between composition and improvisation are blurry, referring to a
R2 – Improvisation and Experience
In “Contemplating the Concept of Improvisation and its History in Scholarship”, Nettl questions whether the sphere of things considered “improvisation” is too diverse to justify the word’s use. Though the lines between composition and improvisation are blurry, referring to a
R2: Improvisation
This week we read articles by Nettl, Lewis (Gittin’ to know y’all), DJ Spooky and Vijay Iyer, and David Wessel and Matthew Wright. I enjoyed the articles by Nettl and the conversation between DJ Spooky and Vijay best, so I
R2: Improvisation
This week we read articles by Nettl, Lewis (Gittin’ to know y’all), DJ Spooky and Vijay Iyer, and David Wessel and Matthew Wright. I enjoyed the articles by Nettl and the conversation between DJ Spooky and Vijay best, so I
R1: Reading Responses
in Towards an Ethic Of Improvisation, the most interesting point I found in this article is, “ From a certain point of view improvisation is the highest mode of musical activity, for it is based on the acceptance of music’s
R1: Reading Responses
in Towards an Ethic Of Improvisation, the most interesting point I found in this article is, “ From a certain point of view improvisation is the highest mode of musical activity, for it is based on the acceptance of music’s
R1: Reading Response: Improvisation, Composition, Music & Sound
These three papers have their own interesting take on the art of improvisation and classical composition and the differences and similarities between them. Each writer had a different approach to it but I feel like they all had good points
R1: Reading Response: Improvisation, Composition, Music & Sound
These three papers have their own interesting take on the art of improvisation and classical composition and the differences and similarities between them. Each writer had a different approach to it but I feel like they all had good points
R1: Reading Response
The most striking part of the readings for this week, in my opinion, was the breadth of styles and practices that could arguably be called improvisation. We get to see that improvisation isn’t really a single concept. Rather, it is
R1: Reading Response
The most striking part of the readings for this week, in my opinion, was the breadth of styles and practices that could arguably be called improvisation. We get to see that improvisation isn’t really a single concept. Rather, it is
R1 – Music and Context
My view of music is that its development is mostly arbitrary, and that works are always in the context of some system, culture, or individual. Rather than something like math or physics, which appear to exist in the universe independent
R1 – Music and Context
My view of music is that its development is mostly arbitrary, and that works are always in the context of some system, culture, or individual. Rather than something like math or physics, which appear to exist in the universe independent
R1 Improv
Out of all the readings, Cornelius’s Towards an Ethic of Improvisation was a wider approach that covered many different facets of the topic of improv. All three of the writers (Cornelius Cardew, George Lewis, and Pauline Oliveros) express the idea that improvisation is an
R1 Improv
Out of all the readings, Cornelius’s Towards an Ethic of Improvisation was a wider approach that covered many different facets of the topic of improv. All three of the writers (Cornelius Cardew, George Lewis, and Pauline Oliveros) express the idea that improvisation is an
R1 – Improvization
In the article ‘Towards an ethic of improvisation’, Cardew mainly argues to prove his point of view that improvisation is actually better music than plain theoretical music. He starts with comparing music to a city and comparing your experience with
R1 – Improvization
In the article ‘Towards an ethic of improvisation’, Cardew mainly argues to prove his point of view that improvisation is actually better music than plain theoretical music. He starts with comparing music to a city and comparing your experience with