The sign of silence: Negotiating musical identities in an improvising ensemble

Psychology of Music

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 558-573

  Wilson, Graeme B ^a   MacDonald, Raymond A R ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

discourse; group; identities; improvising; music

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865270171     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735612449506     Document Type: Article

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