Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Tilley has written one of the most important monographs in the field of music in general, and ethnomusicology in particular, that I have encountered in the last fifty years. In my mind there is no question that in the future, scholars, students, and readers interested in music, music performance, and musical behavior in cultural context will ensure they are grounded in a study of her work and how she has framed it here." * Notes *
“Both a closely argued and densely textured work on Balinese musical practices and an inter-/multi-musical exploration of collective improvisation as a process,
Making It Up Together is a demonstration of and argument for music theory and analysis as a method for ethnomusicological and comparative research.” -- Gabriel Solis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, author of "Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall" and "Monk’s Music: Thelonious Monk and Jazz History in the Making"
“In this innovative book, Tilley employs two Balinese gamelan-based case studies as the basis of a broadly cross-cultural examination of collective musical improvisation. This is highly original work that importantly expands the scope of research on gamelan, cross-cultural improvisation, ethnomusicology, and analytical approaches to world music. A game-changer!” -- Michael B. Bakan, Florida State University, author of "Speaking for Ourselves: Conversations on Life, Music, and Autism" and "Music of Death and New Creation: Experiences in the World of Balinese Gamelan Beleganjur"
Table of ContentsNotes on Pronunciation
Prelude
1 The Complicated Story of Improvisation: Models and Methods, Creativity and Conceptual Space
2 Finding an Unspoken Model: The Boundaries of
Reyong Norot 3 Analyzing Improvisations on a Known Model: The Freedom of
Reyong Norot 4 Analyzing Collectivity: Models and Interactions in Practice
5 Unraveling Unconscious Models: The Boundaries of
Kendang Arja 6 Beyond Generalizations: The Freedom of
Kendang Arja Postlude
Acknowledgments
Glossary of Frequently Used Terms
Notes
References
Index
