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Pattern-based Improvisation

Pattern-Based Improvisation is an instrumental improvisation approach that belongs to the class of method-based improvisational strategies, differentiated by its systematic reliance on pre-established musical patterns—such as motifs, scales, or rhythmic sequences—as foundational elements for real-time creative expression.

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How Jazz Musicians Improvise

P. N. Johnson‐Laird · Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal · 2002 · 280 citations

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How Jazz Musicians Improvise

Martin Norgaard · Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal · 2012 · 60 citations

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MODELLING MUSIC WITH GRAMMARS: FORMAL LANGUAGE REPRESENTATION IN THE BOL PROCESSOR

Bernard Bel, Jim Kippen · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 1992 · 31 citations · Full text

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Testing cognitive theories by creating a pattern-based probabilistic algorithm for melody and rhythm in jazz improvisation.

Martin Norgaard, Jonathan Spencer, Mariana Margarita Montiel · Psychomusicology Music Mind and Brain · 2013 · 21 citations

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An Improvisation Environment for Generating Rhythmic Structures Based on North Indian 'Tal' Patterns

Matthew Wright, David Wessel · The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association · 1998 · 16 citations

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Authors

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  1. MN
    Martin Norgaard

    Georgia State University, United States

    2 publications · 81 citations

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    Marc Chemillier

    Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique Musique, France

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  3. MW
    Matthew Wright

    The University of Texas at Arlington, United States

    1 publications · 16 citations

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    Jim Kippen

    Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 31 citations

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    Jérôme Nika

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  1. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    123 citations

  2. Centre d'Analyse et de Mathématique Sociales

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

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  1. Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal

    2 publications · 340 citations

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  2. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

    Repository · 2 publications · 47 citations

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  3. Psychomusicology Music Mind and Brain

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  5. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

    Repository · 1 publications · 12 citations

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