Humor doesn't retire: Improvisation as a health-promoting intervention for older adults.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2017.10.013
Abstract: As our population ages and aging in place continues to remain a priority of older adults, identifying novel ways to promote the wellbeing of older adults and reduce isolation is of the utmost importance. The… read more here.
Keywords: comedy; improvisation health; retire improvisation; older adults ... See more keywords
Improvisation in general music education – a literature review
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DOI: 10.1017/s026505171800013x
Abstract: The overall purpose of this article is to provide a convenient summary of empirical research on improvisation in general music education and thereby provide guidance to researchers and practitioners, using a systematic, narrative-review approach. By… read more here.
Keywords: research; improvisation general; music education; music ... See more keywords
Editorial: The sonic and the electronic in improvisation, part 2
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DOI: 10.1017/s1355771823000110
Abstract: This is the second issue on the topic ‘The sonic and the electronic in improvisation’, the first – Organised Sound 26(1) – having appeared in April 2021. The articles in that first volume coalesced around… read more here.
Keywords: article; improvisation; music; issue ... See more keywords
Experiencing Musical Improvisation: The Body, the Mind, and the Senses
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DOI: 10.1080/02604027.2017.1345248
Abstract: In the following article, I will try to describe and, thus, share with my readers those moments and those segments in my life that have allowed me to be involved in the experience of musical… read more here.
Keywords: musical improvisation; improvisation body; experiencing musical; body mind ... See more keywords
Improvisation Unfolding: Process, Pattern, and Prediction
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DOI: 10.1080/02604027.2017.1345249
Abstract: The main aim of this article is to argue the case for understanding improvising as a real-time emergent process grounded in collaborative action, while noting that talking about improvisation, bluntly put, is not the same… read more here.
Keywords: unfolding process; improvisation unfolding; process; process pattern ... See more keywords
Developing categories for children’s creative and responsive musical actions in group improvisation: a mixed methods action research study
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DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2020.1862821
Abstract: ABSTRACT Defining categories of musical actions in improvisation with young children is challenging due to the spontaneous, creative and emergent nature of interactions. Following a literature review, two new constructs were proposed to circumscribe and… read more here.
Keywords: categories children; mixed methods; research; musical actions ... See more keywords
Beyond Skill Acquisition: Improvisation, Interdisciplinarity, and Enactive Music Cognition
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DOI: 10.1080/07494467.2019.1684059
Abstract: The paradigm of enactive music cognition offers an anti-representational framework for understanding musical activity as both corporeal and culturally-situated. In this paper, I discuss live electronic musical improvisation as an exemplary model for the enactive… read more here.
Keywords: enactive music; skill acquisition; music cognition; music ... See more keywords
Improvisation: Our controversial discussions
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DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2019.1636849
Abstract: ABSTRACT Introduction: Improvisation is a fundamental aspect of a music therapist’s work, yet apart from case study reports, until recently received little attention. This article explores historical contexts for improvisation in music therapy, and ways… read more here.
Keywords: article; improvisation controversial; music therapy; controversial discussions ... See more keywords
A duet between science and art: neural correlates of dance improvisation
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DOI: 10.1080/14647893.2017.1369509
Abstract: Abstract Dance Improvisation is an essential skill and tool for dancers. It is grounded in the kinesthetic experience and its constantly changing dynamic qualities through self-movement. It requires a spontaneous kinesthetic response in a spatiotemporal… read more here.
Keywords: duet science; science art; art neural; improvisation ... See more keywords
Seed ideas and creativity in Hindustani raga music: beyond the composition–improvisation dialectic
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DOI: 10.1080/17411912.2017.1304230
Abstract: ABSTRACT While Hindustani music is often celebrated around the world as a powerful improvising tradition, paradoxically no equivalent term for ‘improvisation’ exists in the lexicon of Hindustani music. Terms such as badhat, vistaar and upaj,… read more here.
Keywords: seed; creativity hindustani; seed ideas; hindustani music ... See more keywords
Towards a typology of improvisation as a professional teaching skill: Implications for pre-service teacher education programmes
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DOI: 10.1080/2331186x.2017.1295835
Abstract: Abstract In this article we discuss the concept of improvisation as a professional teaching skill. Our professional context is teacher education and our discussion is aimed at developing a categorized understanding, or rather a tentative… read more here.
Keywords: professional teaching; improvisation professional; teacher education; typology ... See more keywords