Title: Observations of Processes of Jazz Improvisation: Implications for Music Education
Abstract: This study presents the opinions of a number of jazz musicians on the areas of preparation, performance and evaluation of improvisation. Its purpose is to outline common strategies and opinions in these three areas which may suggest ways that jazz improvisation can be taught. Two types of data were collected. Qualitative data was gathered by interviewing three saxophonists, and quantitative data was collated from questionnaires completed by twenty one jazz musicians. These two sets of data were cross-referenced to corroborate any trends and commonalities of opinion between each data type. The results from this study indicate that jazz improvisation is not a completely 'spontaneous' musical activity but is a performance-based musical process requiring continual reference to theoretical and harmonic principles. This study therefore suggests implications for music education, and offers arguments for the inclusion of jazz improvisation in music curriculae from elementary to tertiary levels.
Publication Year: 1997
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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