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afrological-mode · coker2026-irish-bluegrass-improvisation
- Claim ID
- afrological-mode
- Assertion
- Drawing on George Lewis's distinction between Afrological and Eurological improvisation, Coker places bluegrass in the Afrological mode, describing its improvisation as transformative and referential and governed by harmonic continuity rather than melodic contour, reflecting roots in Black musical creativity.
- Quote
Bluegrass employs the Afrological mode of improvisation through transformative, referential improvisation governed by harmonic continuity rather than melodic contour.
- Quote language
- en
- Locator
- page: 15
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