Expect the Unexpected: Using structural units and transitions to create contrasts in composition and improvisation
2024 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts), 180 HE credits
Student thesis [Artistic work]
Abstract [en]
This project focused on exploring the different ways contrasts can be created in music, both in composition and improvisation. Two elements were explored specifically: transitions and “structural units”, a compositional method by Cecil Taylor where short musical fragments, or units, are used as a basis for improvisation. Three compositions were written, rehearsed, and performed with a quartet on a degree concert program at KMH. Different contrasting elements were used in the compositions, as well as different types of transitions, and structural units were used in two ways. The project was an important milestone in the author’s artistic development, and he succeeded in his goal of using contrasts to make music that was exciting to him.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2024. , p. 21
Keywords [en]
Musical improvisation, Composition, Contrasts, Transitions, Structural units
National Category
Music
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-5357OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kmh-5357DiVA, id: diva2:1864218
Presentation
2024-03-27, Lilla Salen, Valhallavägen 105, Stockholm, 20:00
Supervisors
Examiners
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Setlist:
Units 2 - composed by Hannes Arason
Vesturheiði - composed by Hannes Arason
Musica Ricercata VII / Bls. 127 - composed by Hannes Arason
Musicians:
Hannes Arason - trumpet, flügelhorn, piccolo trumpet
Oskar Nöbbelin - piano
Amanda Karström - upright bass
Filip Öhman - drums
Audio mixed and mastered by Jóhann Vignir Vilbergsson
Video recording by Hannes Arason
Other:
Units 1 - composed by Hannes Arason, performed by Hannes Arason and Fredrik Ljungkvist, recorded 07.12.23 by Fredrik Ljungkvist at KMH
2024-06-042024-06-032024-06-04Bibliographically approved