Listening-in-search - Attentive listening

Listening-in-search

Barry Truax has, according to Borgo (1999), “described three general modes of engaging with the acoustic soundscape: listening-in-search, listening-in-readiness, and background listening”. 5 (pp. 79–80)

Listening-in-search means that “one scans the acoustic soundscape for particular sounds, attempting to extract or create meaning from their production or the environ-ment’s response to the sounds produced”. Listening-in-search “is the active and openly receptive stance advocated by most practicing free improvisers and committed fans of the music”. (p. 80) source: Borgo quoted & discussed in Free Ensemble Improvisation, Harald Stenström, page 90 [1]

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