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Motivic Development - A Tool For Improvisation (2024)

August Estberg
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In this thesis I explore motivic development to see what effect it has on my improvisation. This exposition will summarize the studies I have done at the NoCoM master program at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg, Sweden. I will present my reflections, ideas, audio clips and experiments. The work is divided into two main parts where the first one will describe the process of how I work with the eight different techniques to develop motives. The second part is the investigation of how I use motivic development as a foundation to improvise and compose. My conclusion is that motivic development can bring direction, structure and my personal sound into my improvisations. It is a great way for me to set up rules and limitations to make it easier for the listener to follow my intension. Author: August Estberg Supervisor: Senior Lecturer Thomas Markusson Examiner: Professor Anders Hagberg
typeresearch exposition
date07/05/2024
published02/07/2024
last modified02/07/2024
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copyrightaugust estberg
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2784304/2785382/464
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/rc.2784304
published inResearch Catalogue


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comments: 9 (last entry by Thomas Markusson - 16/05/2024 at 08:33)
Thomas Markusson 16/05/2024 at 07:58

I bakgrunden;

 

Sista stycket på sidan behöver du formulera om. Svårt att förstå vad du menar. Lägg också till lite blankrader så att texten inte hamnar precis i nederkanten av sidan. Det upplevs avhugget och det är lite svårt att läsa. 

Thomas Markusson 16/05/2024 at 08:02

"So, my intension was to get a basic knowledge about one of the techniques at the time was to create a structured toolbox for myself."


Formulera om. Svårt att förstå. 

Thomas Markusson 16/05/2024 at 08:04

Samma med metod-kapitlet, några blankrader så att texten inte hamnar precis längst ner på sidan. 

Thomas Markusson 16/05/2024 at 08:13

"rhythmic patter backwards"


Saknas ett n. 

Thomas Markusson 16/05/2024 at 08:20

"If I wanted to play longer phrases, I can use a part of the phrase and develop it as a motive on its own, using fragmentation"


Olika tempusformer. 



Thomas Markusson 16/05/2024 at 08:22

Kolla "fragmentation"-stycket. Det är olika tempusformer. Se över hela stycket och justera så att det stämmer överens. 

Thomas Markusson 16/05/2024 at 08:27

"I was searching for a way connect and stay close to the composed material that I like in the composition."


to

 

 

 

Thomas Markusson 16/05/2024 at 08:31

De personer du refererar till, Nachmanovic, Bruun, Holmqvist samt komposiörer vars musik du kollar is. Se om du kan lägga in hyperlänkar till dessa personers hemsidor eller likande. Det vore fint för tyngden i arbetet att det enkelt går att klicka sig vidare om läsaren vill kolla in. 

Thomas Markusson 16/05/2024 at 08:33

Det är ett väldigt fint arbete! Intressant att läsa och lyssna.

 

Nu är det enbart resultatkapitlet kvar. Där ska du svara på dina frågor. Försök vara tydlig i dina svar och om du behöver uteckla något ytterligare lägger du till en reflektionsdel sist. 

 

 

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