Essays about: "improvising"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word improvising.

1. 1. Mellanrum: Towards an Entangled Audiovisual Practice

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

   Author : Julius Norrbom; [2023-01-23]
   Keywords : audiovisual; generative art; generative music; modular synthesizer; electronic music; systems; networks;

   Abstract : This artistic research project is a document of an entangled audiovisual practice in progress. With a generative approach and thinking in systems applied to modular synthesizers and procedural computer graphics the aim is to blur the line between the process of generating sounding material and the process of generating visual material. READ MORE

3. 2. A Musical Personality : A quest towards discovering my identity in music and developing it into a musical personality

   University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för jazz

   Author : Marína Ósk Thorolfsdottir; [2021]
   Keywords : Storytelling; identity; melodies; lyrics; scatting; improvising; expression; rooted; musical ear; comfortable; personality;

   Abstract : The purpose of my research was to develop and strengthen my personality in music as a vocalist, so I would be able to freely let it out during any musical encounter. My base for the research was a duet with guitarist Mikael Máni Ásmundsson, but it was during a rehearsal with him that I realised for the first time I even had a musical personality – that I liked. READ MORE

4. 3. Facilitating Improvisation

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

   Author : Antti Lähdesmäki; [2020-10-29]
   Keywords : Intuition; Improvisation; Facilitation; Experience;

   Abstract : The artistic process I have gone through has led to me finding a method called Facilitating improvisation. My goal is to create circumstances and structures, which readily suggest the musicians and listeners to take a phenomenological approach to listening to my music and facilitate for intuitive playing and improvising, leading to an interpretation that also is meaningful regarding my compositional aesthetics. READ MORE

5. 4. Chromatic Function Analysis- An instrument for improvisation

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

   Author : Joel Bergström; [2020-06-12]
   Keywords : Organ; Improvisation; Chromatic Function Analysis; Function Analysis; An instrument for function analysis; improvisation and composition; Girolamo Frescobaldi; Franz Tunder; Dieterich Buxtehude; Johann Sebastian Bach; Max Reger; Philippe Lefebvre; Olivier Messiaen; Bergström’s Chromatic Function Analysis Circle; Dr. Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra; Dr. Karin Nelson; Dr Hans Davidsson; Dr. Joel Speerstra; Dr. Joel Eriksson; Senior lecture Mikael Wahlin; Dr. Tilman Skowroneck; Dr Jörgen Jersild; Dr. Ernst Levy; Dr. Valdemar Söderholm; Dr. Sten Ingelf; Baroque improvisation; Romantic improvisation; French romantic improvisation; Joel Bergström; Patterns; Harmony; Chords; Triads; Music; Theory; Music theory; Statistics; Improvisation pedagogy; Improvisation model; Dr. Ikujiro Nonaka; Dr. Hirotaka Takeuchi; Academy of Music and Drama; University of Gothenburg; Högskolan för Scen och Musik; HSM; Sweden;

   Abstract : The purpose of this investigation is to become a better improviser at the organ. I will use, The Chromatic Function Analysis Model, abbreviated as TCFAM, as a method to deconstruct material and later reconstruct material, on which I will make improvisations. READ MORE

6. 5. Jamming with the Plot Twister : Designing virtual worlds for improvised performances

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Bildproduktion

   Author : Einar Christoffersson; [2018]
   Keywords : interface; audiovisual; improvisation; performance; electronic; music;

   Abstract : Using a research through design approach, this thesis presents a first prototype of Plot Twister, a novel interactive, audiovisual interface specifically designed for solo musicians improvising alongside computers. This highly simplified and intuitive interface allows the performer to simultaneously manipulate visual and musical content using one single controller, thus enabling the other hand to play an instrument. READ MORE