Essays about: "improvisation and composition"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words improvisation and composition.
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1. Spectromorphological Reductions : Exploring and developing approaches for sound-based notation of live electronics
University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Musik, medier och teaterAbstract : In this master’s thesis, a sound-based notation system is explored and developed in the composition and performance of a musical work for live electronics. My approach builds on existing systems for electroacoustic music analysis, most notably Dennis Smalley’s (1997) theory of spectromorphology and the symbolic language of Lasse Thoresen & Andreas Hedman (2007) based on Pierre Schaeffer’s typo-morphology, as well as Mattias Sköld’s (2023) adaptation of this system for composition and transcription (Sound Notation). READ MORE
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2. Activating The Ear : Exploring the development of listening, interplay, and presence in improvised music through spoken games and musical exercises.
University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för jazzAbstract : Listening and presence are essential skills of co-creative group improvisation. The purpose of this project was to construct a series of spoken games and musical exercises with the goal of enhancing the players’ sense of interpersonal awareness in improvised music settings. READ MORE
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3. A Palette of my Inner Universe – To Use Synesthesia in Artistic Processes
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musikAbstract : In this thesis, the author investigates how the active use of synesthesia can be a tool for artistic work and creative processes, with the aim of finding new creative paths and to find a deeper understanding for inner synesthetic patterns. A method is created by using elements from the author’s synesthesia. READ MORE
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4. Searching for possibilities - Exploring the potentials of my Qanun performance.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musikAbstract : Over the course of many years of playing the qanun; a trapezoidal middle eastern zither-like stringed instrument, I have noticed how often the instrument has been played within its modal traditional framework, leading me to a perception that the qanun and myself are prevented from discovering more techniques and new potentials. I, hence, have been attempting to explore the traditional manners of treating the instrument with regard to timbre, playing techniques, and different harmonic orientations - while trying to maintain its true qualities and not losing sight of its traditional soul. READ MORE
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5. Turning the Odds in My Favor : Exploring Non-Isochronous Meters Through Composition and Practice
University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för jazzAbstract : This thesis discloses my exploration of non-isochronous meters through composition and practice. During my two-year studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, I explored different unevenly divided time signatures by practicing them in various ways, producing transcriptions, compositions and arrangements. READ MORE
