1st Edition
Expertise in Jazz Guitar Improvisation A Cognitive Approach
By Stein Solstad
Copyright 2020
242 Pages
99 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
242 Pages
99 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
242 Pages
99 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Expertise in Jazz Guitar Improvisation is an examination of musical interplay and the ways implicit (sub-conscious) and explicit (conscious) knowledge appear during improvisation. The practice-based research inquiry includes: interviews and interplay with five world-class jazz guitarists, Lage Lund, Jack Wilkins, Ben Monder, Rez Abbasi and Adam Rogers; a modal matrix for analyzing structure,... Read more
Foreword
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The researching jazz guitarist
Chapter 3: The jazz guitarists’ perspectives on practising and performing
Chapter 4: Expertise in improvisation
Chapter 5: Aspects of time
Chapter 6: Form
Chapter 7: Musical analysis
Chapter 8: Final reflections
Appendices
Biography
Stein Helge Solstad is Associate Professor in Music at Volda University College, Norway.
