| Historically, improvisation has been rule governed – not in the sense that the rules were written down but in the sense that they were shared by the community of practitioners who were engaged in a particular style of improvisation. Using the term ‘free’ improvisation suggests that it is not rule-governed in this way and that it is truly free. My question to free improvisers is therefore are there any unwritten rules? These might relate to the interactions between players, an unspoken agreement that there is musical communication between them, that each is sensitive to other participants. Alternatively, there may be other unwritten rules, perhaps not to contribute already well known tunes. So what exactly is ‘free improvisation’? |  |
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Interesting to know.