Children's guided participation in jazz improvisation : a study of the 'Improbasen' Learning Centre / Guro Gravem Johansen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johansen, Guro Gravem, author.

Series:

SEMPRE studies in the psychology of music.

SEMPRE Studies in the Psychology of Music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Improvisation (Music).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2021]

Summary:

Improbasen is a Norwegian private learning centre that offers beginner's instrumental tuition within jazz improvisation for children between the ages of 7 and 15. This book springs out of a two-year ethnographic study of the teaching and learning activity at Improbasen, highlighting features from the micro-interactions within the lessons, the organisation of Improbasen, and its international activity. Music teachers, students, and scholars within music education as well as jazz research will benefit from the perspectives presented in the book, which shows how children systematically acquire tools for improvisation and shared codes for interplay. Through a process of guided participation in jazz culture, even very young children are empowered to take part in a global, creative musical practice with improvisation as an educational core. This book critically engages in current discussions about jazz pedagogy, inclusion and gender equity, beginning instrumental tuition, creativity, and authenticity in childhood.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of illustrations

SEMPRE studies in the psychology of music

Preface

1 Introduction: making the case for Improbasen

2 Researching Improbasen

3 A fungus system: roles and rules in Improbasen

4 'Jazz is like slow carbs': children's perspectives on learning jazz and improvisation

5 The subject matter: explicit teaching and learning

6 The rhythmic scaffold: implicit teaching and learning

7 'Then we can play together': inter-play, inter-nations

8 Creative music pedagogy: authenticity and childhood

9 Children, jazz, and learning to improvise

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-45169-5

0-429-83747-X

9780429451690

OCLC:

1225355205