index 06–30–2007

A partial and selective index of articles, posts and other detritus. Only covers posts up to and including June 30th 2007.

tutorials

harmonics
playing in position
training (the) quartet

articles

the closed laptop
practicing
solo
technological dramas
what’s in a name?

informal threads

canons and canonizing
cyborgs and cyborgism
society in miniature
tactics and structurings
why improvise?

most commented

labels/keywords

tutorials

harmonics

harmonics pt. 0, the physics of
harmonics pt. 1: where are they?
harmonics pt. 2, the picking hand and
harmonics pt. 3: cataloging and improvisation
harmonics pt. 4…

playing in position

playing in position pt. 0, reasons for
playing in position pt. 1: don’t get lost
playing in position pt. 2: physiological compromises
playing in position pt. 3: learning the geography
playing in position pt. 4: what about finger independence?
playing in position pt. 5: one string melodies (again)
playing in position pt. 6: more physiological compromises
playing in position pt. 7a: learning the geography (again)
playing in position pt. 7b: learning the geography (again)
playing in position pt. 8a: one string melodies (yet again)
playing in position pt. 8b: one string melodies (yet again)
playing in position pt. 9: fingerboard geometry
playing in position pt. 10a: spanning a third
harmonics pt. 10b… (forthcoming)

training (the) quartet

training (the) quartet pt. 0: why four?
training (the) quartet pt. 1: protocol of mirroring
training (the) quartet pt. 1.1: protocol of affinity
training (the) quartet pt. 2: network topologies
training (the) quartet pt. 3… (forthcoming)

articles

the closed laptop

the closed laptop pt. 0: a cautionary tale of performance practice
the closed laptop pt. 1: i/o? what i/o?
the closed laptop pt. 2a: deliver us from our bodies
the closed laptop pt. 2b… (forthcoming)

practicing

practicing: the journey (and the destination)
practicing: systems, routines and shake-ups

solo

solo: alone together
solo: writing about music is like…
solo: niche in the ecology
solo: my humble lexicon
solo: primary territories

technological dramas

technological dramas pt. 0: piano mobility
technological dramas pt. 1: performing ‘normal’
technological dramas pt. 2… (forthcoming)

what’s in a name?

what’s in a name: free improvisation
what’s in a name: non-idiomatic vs. pan-idiomatic
what’s in a name: non-idiomatic improvisation
what’s in a name: the j-word

informal threads

canons and canonizing

an application of the principles of canon formation
an application of the principles of canon formation II
race: how many of us are just visiting?
the best of jazz of the 2010s
ten reasons lists might be trouble
See also ‘what’s in a name?’.

cyborgs and cyborgism

the (finite?) instrument
the instrument: of cyborgs and performance
keith rowe: an appreciation
See also ‘solo’ and ‘technological dramas’.

society in miniature

group improvisation: a question of leader(ship)
structur(e|ing): towards a music(ology) of verbs
society-in-miniature: diplomacy
‘society-in-miniature’? but where does the stage end?
mob behavior and the hegemonic impulse
See also ‘why improvise?’, ‘cyborgs and cyborgism’, ‘tactics and structurings’ and ‘training (the) quartet’.

tactics and structurings

limits and boundaries, purpose of
limits and boundaries: wikiality
structur(e|ing): towards a music(ology) of verbs
from the road: novel social structur(e|ing)s
endings: or engineering serendipity
learn a few moves, and make up the rest
engineering ritual: a curious case of the body in concert
structure|ings: engineering serendipity
contrasts and juxtapositions
mob behavior and the hegemonic impulse
the art of persuasion
‘responsible’ listening
See also ‘cyborgs and cyborgism’, ‘solo’ and ‘training (the) quartet’.

why improvise?

why improvise?
why improvise? redux
why improvise? the leap off the edge

most commented

society-in-miniature: diplomacy
structure|ings: engineering serendipity
what’s in a name: non-idiomatic improvisation
daily recommended traditional intake
an application of the principles of canon formation II
some observations i brought home

labels/keywords

audience, body, composition, group, guitar, identity, instrument, interaction, listening, pedagogy, score, social, solo, strategy, technique, terminology, tradition, tutorial