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Fretless Architecture: Towards the Development of Original Techniques and Musical Notation Specific to the Fretless Electric Guitar

Perks, Richard (2019) Fretless Architecture: Towards the Development of Original Techniques and Musical Notation Specific to the Fretless Electric Guitar. Music & Practice, 4 . ISSN 1893-9562. (doi:10.32063/0401) (KAR id:80747)

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Abstract

This article discusses the development of original performance techniques specific to the fretless electric guitar through diverse musical practice(s) and proposes a standardised system of musical notation. An autoethnographic account of personal performance experience is framed with reference to theoretical constructs of performative practice and collaborative creativity. The article focuses on the process behind an evolving practice: combining practical and theoretical aspects of contemporary music performance, and demonstrating that the collation, archiving and subsequent dissemination of both established and emerging techniques into the wider musical community is essential in order to promote the fretless electric guitar as an independent musical force.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.32063/0401
Subjects: M Music and Books on Music
M Music and Books on Music > ML Literature on music
M Music and Books on Music > MT Musical instruction and study
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Arts
Depositing User: Richard Perks
Date Deposited: 06 Apr 2020 10:54 UTC
Last Modified: 11 Dec 2021 12:40 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/80747 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)
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