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pressing-model · beaty2015-neuroscience-improvisation
- Citation
- beaty2015-neuroscience-improvisation
- Claim ID
- pressing-model
- Assertion
- Jeff Pressing's model (1988, 1998), described as perhaps the most influential model of musical improvisation, treats improvisation as an acquired skill built on referents and a domain-specific knowledge base, with feedback and error correction, and argues that fluency relies on automatized processes requiring minimal conscious attention.
- Quote
Perhaps the most influential model of musical improvisation was developed by Pressing (1988, 1998). ... Pressing’s theory is grounded in the notion that improvisation is an acquired skill that requires a substantial amount of training to achieve expertise. ... According to Pressing’s model, improvisational expertise involves the interplay between referent processes and a domain-specific knowledge base. ... Pressing argued that improvisational fluency relies on automatized processes that require minimal conscious attention.
- Quote language
- en
- Locator
- page: 109
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