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thomasson-formulaic · mendelson1974-benny-thomasson
- Citation
- mendelson1974-benny-thomasson
- Claim ID
- thomasson-formulaic
- Assertion
- Mendelson describes Benny Thomasson's playing as an instrumental analogue of an 'oral formulaic' process: comparing many performances of the same tune shows that his variant strains are similar from performance to performance, but details are added during playing.
- Quote
From a comparison of many of Benny's performances of the same tune, it is apparent that he holds a basic idea of what he is going to do before he plays, for the variant strains are usually similar from performance to performance, but the details are added during the actual playing.
- Quote language
- en
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