Landscapes of musical metaphor and musical learning: The example of jazz education

Summary, in English

Theoretical approaches to learning in practice-based jazz improvisation contexts include situated learning and ecological perspectives. This article focuses on how interest-driven, self-sustaining jazz learning activities can be matched against the results of a recent Swedish investigation based on extensive qualitative interviews with jazz musicians regarding their views on the metaphor ‘storytelling’ and its relevance in the field of jazz improvisation. In order to visualise and discuss the educational implications of the results of this study, the notions of a landscape of musical metaphor and a corresponding landscape of musical learning are presented and discussed.

• Author: Sven Bjerstedt
• Department/s: Malmö Theatre Academy
• Publishing year: 2015
• Language: English
• Pages: 499-511
• Publication/Series: Music Education Research
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 4
• Full text: - 532 kB; Download statistics
• Links: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14613808.2015.1025733?needAccess=true; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2015.1025733
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Routledge
• Topic: Performing Arts
• Keywords: jazz education; jazz improvisation; storytelling; landscape of musical metaphor; landscape of musical learning
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1469-9893