The seated scribe Free improvised active listening in music

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Published 2016-02-25
DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.15932
Jon Mantzisidor Uria
Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea. Dpto. Dibujo

Abstract

This essay deals with the importance of active listening in music and; in particular; in free improvisation. Improvisation takes place before an audience; so that its creation and its exhibition occur simultaneously. The fact of listening is especially important within this music style; listening to other musicians but also listening to all the sounds inscribed in the room. This research focuses on a particular concert that took place in 2009 and that was played by two great improvisers: Keith Rowe and Mattin. In that concert Mattin took the well known "active listening" of free improvisation to an extreme; producing no sounds during the length of the concert and being; instead; sitting in silence; just listening.

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Mantzisidor Uria, Jon. 2016. “The Seated Scribe: Free Improvised Active Listening in Music”. AusArt 3 (2). https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.15932.
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Keywords

LISTENING, HEARING, MUSIC, ACTIVE LISTENER, FREE IMPROVISATION

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