| Contents |
The sound and science of surprise. The age of complexity ; Surrealestate ; Sync or swarm -- Reverence for uncertainty. Exploring uncertainty ; Performing uncertainty ; Experiencing uncertainty ; Documenting uncertainty ; Evaluating uncertainty -- The embodied mind. Taking the note for a walk ; The body in the music ; It's a bit like juggling ; Thinking about the laundry ; A chameleon on a mirror -- Rivers of consciousness. Complexity and emergence ; Time and the qualia of experience ; The phase space of improvisation ; "Hues of melanin" ; A delicate balance -- The edge of chaos. The turbulent mirror ; Fractal worlds ; Self-organization ; The rage for chaos -- Sync and swarm. Coupling and entrainment ; Insect music ; By lead or by seed ; A web without a spider -- Harnessing complexity. The map is not the territory ; Group creativity ; The shores of multiplicity. |
| Abstract |
This book provides a study of musical improvisation, using theories from cultural and cognitive studies and the emerging sciences of chaos and complexity. The book looks through the lens of contemporary science to illuminate the process and practice of improvising music and explores the ability of improvisation to offer a visceral engagement with these emerging scientific notions, ultimately offering us new ways of engaging with and shaping the discourse that surrounds music in general. |
| Local note | Joyner-JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY SOUND RECORDINGS LOCATED AT CALL NUMBER CD-6475. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-230) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005013289 |
| ISBN | 0826417299 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
