Real-time tracking of the creative music composition process

Digital Creativity

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 239-256

  Collins, David ^a  

^a Doncaster College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Methodology; Music composition; Problem solving; Verbal protocol

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING; HYPOTHETICAL MODELS; METHODOLOGY; MUSIC COMPOSITION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; VERBAL PROTOCOLS;

EID: 35948991159     PISSN: 14626268     EISSN: 17443806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14626260701743234     Document Type: Article

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