term - Support
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2019 3:34 pm
Support
The active underlayment, to support other higher profile voice(s)
When a solo, duo or trio becomes dominant (obvious), the other players in the group might cease playing, or
provide accompaniment which supports the musical direction of the Flow as determined by a Solo or
Dialogue. An obvious example of Support is drumming that sustains a tempo and punctuates the phrases of
other instruments. Indeed, the function of Support is to enhance not only rhythm and phrasing but other
aspects of a lead voice such as timbre (articulation, register, dynamic) and, if appropriate, pitch
(harmonically, melodically).
Source:
Free Ensemble Improvisation, Harald Stenström
Academy of Music and Drama
Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts
University of Gothenburg
site link
source: Nunn (1998) quoted & discussed in Free Ensemble Improvisation, Harald Stenström, page 90 url link 1
source: Nunn (1998) Wisdom of The Impulse. On the Nature of Musical Free Improvisation. pdf part 1 page 26 of 50 url link 1
Topic ticket number = T1390
The active underlayment, to support other higher profile voice(s)
When a solo, duo or trio becomes dominant (obvious), the other players in the group might cease playing, or
provide accompaniment which supports the musical direction of the Flow as determined by a Solo or
Dialogue. An obvious example of Support is drumming that sustains a tempo and punctuates the phrases of
other instruments. Indeed, the function of Support is to enhance not only rhythm and phrasing but other
aspects of a lead voice such as timbre (articulation, register, dynamic) and, if appropriate, pitch
(harmonically, melodically).
Source:
Free Ensemble Improvisation, Harald Stenström
Academy of Music and Drama
Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts
University of Gothenburg
site link
source: Nunn (1998) quoted & discussed in Free Ensemble Improvisation, Harald Stenström, page 90 url link 1
source: Nunn (1998) Wisdom of The Impulse. On the Nature of Musical Free Improvisation. pdf part 1 page 26 of 50 url link 1
Topic ticket number = T1390