4.2.8 Exercise 8 Making Tunes

Task ObjectivesMaking Tunes builds on the exercise Layering Ostinatos by including the additional task of alternating improvised solos over layered ostinatos. Improvisers are required to be aware of their role within a collective ostinato in order to effectively return to their original ostinato part following individual improvisations. As per Layering Ostinatos, Making Tunes initially explores intersubjectivity via indexical presuppositions following initial and subsequent stylistic indices. This intersubjectivity assists in drawing on stylistic attributes that maintain the character and mood and simultaneously apply emergent constraints consistent with the indexed style. Each improvised solo introduces variations to the established context and the exercise explores the tension and release in negotiating these variations.