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pressing-model
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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.
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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.
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