MUS 5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Chaos Theory, 40 Minutes, Dj Kool Herc
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Improvisation: to improvise is to create spontaneously, without preparation. Musical improvisation: creative activity of immediate musical composition: may be based on chord changes, or aligned with another parameter, free of any parameters or restrictions. 2 histories of improvisation: eurological and afrological: share the distinction of music created in real-time. Spontaneity and uniqueness derived from zen teachings, such as daisetz. Suzuki"s lectures in nyc: free improvisation (1960s): tries to remove all traces of style or idiom from music; music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musicians involved. Drive toward free improvisation came from overall questioning of musical language. Term refers to both a technique and a genre. English guitarist known for practicing free improvisation. Played with like-minded musicians, like saxophonist evan parker, trumpeter improvisation is playing without memory. The company (1976): changing collection of like-minded improvisers, such as braxton, honsinger, mengelberg, coxhill, frith, lacy, smith, bennink, Company week: annual week-long free improvisational festival; ran until.
