Sökning: "the history of improvisation"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 uppsatser innehållade orden the history of improvisation.

  1. 1. Being Present with the Sound of Shakuhachi : Finding Tools for Composing Through Improvisation by Using Non-linearity to Focus on Time and Timbre on the Shakuhachi

    Master-uppsats, Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för folkmusik

    Författare :Sakari Heikka; [2023]
    Nyckelord :shakuhachi; compositional methods; improvisation; Japan; timbre; non-linearity; micro-phenomenology; silence;

    Sammanfattning : The main goal of this thesis was to develop tools and methods for creating new music for the Japanese bamboo flute shakuhachi. Shakuhachi is an end-blown bamboo flute, which has existed in Japan since the seventh century. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Stopp! Min kropp! : en idéanalys av lärares yrkesetik kring intergenerationell beröring vid undervisning av kontaktimprovisation i gymnasieskolan

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för danspedagogik

    Författare :Ariana Lindberg; [2021]
    Nyckelord :dance pedagogy; ethics of touch; no-touch discourse; contact improvisation; proximity; upper secondary school; intergenerational; professional ethics; danspedagogik; etik; beröring; närhet; kontaktimprovisation; beröringsdiskurs; gymnasieskolan; intergenerationell; yrkesetik;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to contribute to the understanding of intergenerational touch within dance education in upper secondary schools in Sweden, focusing on contact improvisation. In this study, interviews with dance teachers in four upper secondary schools have been used to examine teachers' ideas and choices regarding intergenerational touch in contact improvisation through idea analysis. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Creating Character: Romeo, Juliet and didactic challenges with improvised modern scenes

    Magister-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för de humanistiska och samhällsvetenskapliga ämnenas didaktik

    Författare :Clara Hultgren; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Character work; drama; didactic challenges; Shakespeare; English as second additional language;

    Sammanfattning : This essay describes an action research project conducted twice in the same high school with second year students within the subject English. Students are often unwilling or unable to relate to Shakespeare and his language. It is boring, they say. It is difficult, inaccessible and has nothing to do with us, they say. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Improvisation and the Modern Orchestral Musician. A Critical Analysis of the Performer’s Agency in the Contemporary Concert Hall

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Författare :Katie Klocke; [2018-07-31]
    Nyckelord :Improvisation; Interpretation; Tradition; Communication; Sound; Classical music; Pedagogy;

    Sammanfattning : Improvisation is a critical skill for musicians across nearly all genres and eras, however, to the modern orchestral musician, it is mainly a lost art. A study into the history, techniques, and traditions of improvisation details not only new ways to explore and develop performance practice of the instrument itself but also to train the ears and sensibilities of a musician. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The baritone chronology – a study of the baritone saxophone evolution in jazz history

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Författare :Piersimone Crinelli; [2016-02-08]
    Nyckelord :jazz; history of jazz; wind instruments; baritone saxophone; technical aspects; improvisation;

    Sammanfattning : This project investigates the history of the baritone saxophone. The role of the baritone saxophone as a soloist instrument has historically often been overshadowed by the tenor or the alto saxophone. LÄS MER