Improvisation as Ability, Culture, and Experience

Autor/inn/en	Higgins, Lee; Mantie, Roger
Titel	Improvisation as Ability, Culture, and Experience
Quelle	In: Music Educators Journal, 100 (2013) 2, S.38-44 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0027-4321
DOI	10.1177/0027432113498097
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Creative Activities; Music Education; Teaching Methods; Cultural Influences; Talent; Music Activities; Learning Experience + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musikerziehung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Begabung; Hochbegabung; Musikalische Aktion; Lernerfahrung
Abstract	We argue in this article for greater role for improvisation in the music classroom. Based on an extensive examination of scholarship about improvisational practices, we propose three conceptualizations--ability, culture, experience--that can serve to guide the teaching of improvisation. When considered as an "ability," improvisation is a creative aspect of overall musicianship; considered as "culture," improvisation is a distinctive way to understand specific musical practices; finally, considered as "experience," improvisation is a distinctive way of being in and through music that reflects the fact that the act of living is largely improvisatory. Although we see merit in all three conceptualizations and provide pedagogical examples to support each in turn, we conclude that the last of these holds the greatest potential to positively affect school music classrooms. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10