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>So that very day (complete incredible acident, considering some more facts >that led to the meeting) he had a demonstration for the Sri Aurobindo >group >and showed his "improvising instrument" >It consists of a set of tuned tubes hangin around a hammer, that hangs on >a >semi stiff plastic that is driven by a motor. So the hammer slowly comes >in >motion and the motions becomes aleatoric, playing a melody on the tubes >around the hammer. I still can't imagine what this looks or sounds like.....sounds fascinating though! > >The thing was: We were laying on the floor around the instrument and >listende to it for half an hour. I could never note any patern repeating >but nevertheless started to feel the notes before they were coming! >You probably know that feeling when you improvise with someone and you >know >him and you predict where the melody is going, and you think that you can >predict it because you understood the guys musical thinking. >But how is this possible with a machine? How does it really happen between >people? This experience confirmed my improvisation seek: > >IMPROVISATION is a way to learn to get to the state where you can PREDICT >or READ in the world documentation. I like your line of thinking...what do you mean by "world documentation". The word PREDICT seems limiting to me, because it implies analysis. I like to think that in the improvisational state, one merely FLOWS with what is happening -- more synthesis than analysis. After all, there's always chaos, which prevents true predictability! >Have a look at http://www.gilbertogil.com.br/taktak_0.htm I tried this URL, but it said "URL not found".... --------------------------------------- Chris Chovit cho@gomez.jpl.nasa.gov ---------------------------------------