MUS 5 Study Guide - Final Guide: The Generation Game, Art Music, Ryoji Ikeda
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Total improvisation, open improvisation, free music, or improvised music: freely improvised music: confused identity which its resistance to labeling indicates, encompasses too many different kinds of played/different attitudes to music, too many different concepts of what improvisation is. Open to use by almost anyone beginners, children, non-musicians. Joseph holbrooke: (1963-1966) group that played conventional jazz, then switched to totally improvised pieces: consisted of bassist gavin bryars, percussionist tony oxley, and guitarist derek. In a sense, solo improvisation doesn"t make sense, but somehow possible: main danger: only have limited vocabulary; can"t build off of other players, ultimately, greatest rewards in free improvisation is playing with other people. Improvisation is best pursued through its practice in music. And that the practice of music is best pursued through improvisation . Where the digital instrument can be created to suit the needs of the user. Membranophones: produce sound be a vibrating membrane (drums) Aerophones: produce sound by vibrating volume of air (flute)
