Essays about: "improvisation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 81 essays containing the word improvisation.

  1. 21. Sounds Within Sounds : Multiphonic possibilities of the saxophone in composition and improvisation

    University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för jazz

    Author : David Bennet; [2021]
    Keywords : Multiphonics Improvisation Composition Saxophone;

    Abstract : This thesis is part of the result from an explorative venture into understanding how saxophone multiphonics can be used as tools for improvisation and composition. The focus lies partly on how I found these sounds, personalized them and incorporated them into my artistic language, but more importantly, this is an attempt of thinking through art by letting the experience gained from making creative use of accidental occurrences affect future experience in an open-ended artistic process. READ MORE

  2. 22. 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

  3. 23. 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

  4. 24. #evasvaneblomthesocial- The Social Media Project

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Author : Eva Svaneblom; [2020-05-27]
    Keywords : Dance; Performance; Improvisation; Site specifics; Social media; Instagram; YouTube; Selfies; Tehcnofeminism; Vlogging;

    Abstract : This thesis is about dance and social media. It explores how social media can be used as a space for contemporary dance performance. It is written from the perspective and explorations of the contemporary dancer Eva Svaneblom, that has created improvised performances with the smartphone screen (and social media) as her muse. READ MORE

  5. 25. INTO THE MAQAM- IMPLEMENTATION OF ELEMENTS OF NEAR EASTERN MUSIC INTO MY OWN ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND PERFORMANCE

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Author : Magdalena Nowak; [2020-04-23]
    Keywords : near eastern music; improvisation; musical expression; clarinet; imitation; interpretation; maqām;

    Abstract : Much has been written on the topic of Near Eastern classical and traditional music. This huge, integrated musical tradition, existing in large areas of the Middle East and Middle Asia differs a lot from western musical theory and performance tradition. READ MORE