Master Research Presentation JAZZ | Sebastian Opgen-Rhein

THIS TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2024 | JAZZ MASTER RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS! Join live at ROM 17 of the jazz department or follow the live stream on KZbin! www.youtube.com/@ConservatoriumMaastricht/streams
During the Q & A you’ll be able to ask your questions in the live chat!
12:00 Valentina de Totto
Finding my way through sound & protest
-Black American urban music and its connection to jazz composing
14:30 Sebastian Opgen-Rhein
Meticulously magnifying micro-variations
-An exploratory analysis and application of micro-variations in the melody line within popular music
17:00 Marloes De Nul
Lost objects
-And their embroidered compositions

[@annafrankpianist]

Congratulations, dear Sebastian!! Brilliant work!

[@superblondeDotOrg]

Described here is "micro-variation" but is that that behavior simply an ornamentation (within the chord tones or the current scale or the passing notes)? It is not clear why a basic ornamentation used to stress a particular lyric phrase (based on hyper-meter, i.e. the form of a song, which would lead to stressing the last repeat of the form such as the last verse phrase) would be a significant enough distinction which leads to creating a new term "micro-variation".

[@superblondeDotOrg]

Pop music uses appogiatura as a technique to express emotion. Pop vocalists add this technique subconsciously and often can't help it (it is beyond their control, like asking a jazz instrumentalist to stop playing so many notes; they often can't). Heavy Metal does not use appogiatura and does not vary the vocal melody across multiple verses (Chris Cornell is one of the few exceptions), and typically metal will add variation in the guitar solos instead. These are most likely viewed as ornamentations or improvisations (variations on the prior licks or prior motivic theme), not a new element of a "micro-variation".