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Expect the Unexpected: Using structural units and transitions to create contrasts in composition and improvisation
Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Department of Jazz.
2024 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts), 180 HE creditsStudent 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
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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

Available from: 2024-06-04 Created: 2024-06-03 Last updated: 2024-06-04Bibliographically approved

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