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Narrative applies to Communication. Activate to inspect this relation.Oral tradition applies to Communication. Activate to inspect this relation.Oral tradition enables Folk music. Activate to inspect this relation.Communication depends on Language. Activate to inspect this relation.Speech act applies to Communication. Activate to inspect this relation.Transcription depends on Ethnographic recording. Activate to inspect this relation.Transcription measures Scale and mode. Activate to inspect this relation.Transcription measures Rhythm and meter. Activate to inspect this relation.Oral tradition enables Improvisation. Activate to inspect this relation.Improvisation depends on Scale and mode. Activate to inspect this relation.Music and identity is part of Cultural context. Activate to inspect this relation.Oral tradition depends on Cultural context. Activate to inspect this relation.Rhythm and meter constrains Improvisation. Activate to inspect this relation.Music and identity influences Oral tradition. Activate to inspect this relation.Linguistic Sign applies to Communication. Activate to inspect this relation.Linguistic Sign is part of Language. Activate to inspect this relation.ImprovisationScale and modeOral traditionRhythm and meterTranscriptionCommunicationFolk musicCultural contextMusic and identityEthnographic recordingLanguageSpeech actNarrativeLinguistic Sign
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Improvisation

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Improvisation is the real-time creation of music within a tradition's conventions, prominent in many oral musical cultures.

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Ethnomusicology
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  • This view connects 9 disciplines: Communication Science, Culture, Ethnomusicology, Linguistics, Music Theory, Narratology, Philosophy, Pragmatics, Semiotics.
  • Communication is a bridge concept — viewed here through Communication Science, Linguistics.
  • The connections here span 5 relation families.

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From a Leaf to the ClimateWhy Music Moves UsHow Machines LearnReasoning about a Leaf and the Climate

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