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English
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A listener's guide to free improvisation
2016, University of Chicago Press
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Table of Contents

Preparing to go into the field
Range and diversity
Fundamentals. Rhythm : the hurdle
Duration : another hurdle
Basic identification : who is doing what?
Entrances and exits : mapping the flow of events
Interaction dynamics: the core
Dynamics dynamics : passive-aggressive improvising
Transitions : observing how the music changes
Structure : the butcher shop
Personal vocabulary : each unto themselves
Advanced techniques. On watching while listening
Live or memorex?
Kindling : 20 starter records for your improvised music collection
Once vs. ongoing
The level of mystery
The ambiguous and the unresolved : is Tony dead?
The rule of threes
Dancing between the hypothetical poles
Poly-free
Kindling II : 20 classic poly-free records
Distraction and sleep
Thinking and chewing gum (at the same time)
You and the night and the music : audience participation
Additional reading : seven great books (plus one DVD)
A little rouge, a touch of blush
On the moral superiority of improvised music
Life list : a selected checklist of major living free improvisors.

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Copyright Date
2016

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Dewey Decimal Class
781.3/6
Library of Congress
MT68 .C658 2016, MT68.C658 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvii, 172 pages
Number of pages
172

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Open Library
OL27206396M
ISBN 10
022630177X, 022635380X
ISBN 13
9780226301778, 9780226353807
LCCN
2015030232
OCLC/WorldCat
918986530

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