My jazz lecture note : the social meaning of the act of improvisation by Malaysian college students.

In this chapter, the contrasting outcomes on decoding the act of jazz improvisation from literature published in the last ten years will first be reviewed. These present thinking of jazz improvisation will then be reflected upon my own walk as a jazz piano instructor until now in Malaysia, by highli...

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Main Author: Chan, Cheong Jan
Other Authors: Jahnichen, Gisa
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Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/26337/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.263372013-12-24T08:16:50Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/26337/ My jazz lecture note : the social meaning of the act of improvisation by Malaysian college students. Chan, Cheong Jan In this chapter, the contrasting outcomes on decoding the act of jazz improvisation from literature published in the last ten years will first be reviewed. These present thinking of jazz improvisation will then be reflected upon my own walk as a jazz piano instructor until now in Malaysia, by highlighting a particular case where a female student has experienced the dynamic of perceptive change which in turn caused the formal change in her act of improvisation. Issues that lie underneath the musical act of improvisation of Malaysian students are then discussed; they include the understanding of jazz (where it is a act of conformity or not), self-perceptions, self-esteem and gender. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press Jahnichen, Gisa Chieng, Julia 2012 Book Section PeerReviewed Chan, Cheong Jan (2012) My jazz lecture note : the social meaning of the act of improvisation by Malaysian college students. In: Music and Memory. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Serdang, Selangor. ISBN 9789673442713
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description In this chapter, the contrasting outcomes on decoding the act of jazz improvisation from literature published in the last ten years will first be reviewed. These present thinking of jazz improvisation will then be reflected upon my own walk as a jazz piano instructor until now in Malaysia, by highlighting a particular case where a female student has experienced the dynamic of perceptive change which in turn caused the formal change in her act of improvisation. Issues that lie underneath the musical act of improvisation of Malaysian students are then discussed; they include the understanding of jazz (where it is a act of conformity or not), self-perceptions, self-esteem and gender.
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