Good Reasons For Musical Improvisation | by: Volker Zdunnek The world of data processing and communication (press, broadcast, film, television, InterNet) is overcrowded with purposeful and planned representations of desirable or also deliberately frightful illusory worlds (advertisement, horror films, Science Fiction). Spontaneously, naturally, genuine and unplanned expressed forms e.g. in music and art are devalued in the commercial world as incalculable and as having no guarantee of success. Spontaneous musical improvisations in comparison with constructed and orchestrated music have special unmistakeable and estimable characteristics: 1. The individual's different musical ability becomes audible. 2. The emotional tendency of the musician is authentically reflected. 3. A continuous and coherent "tune painting" once created, causes natural attention from the listeners by reason of its unique character and impact. 4. Personal musical expression in an improvisation is unique and demonstrates the individual's characteristics, and the style of the musician shows appreciation for the listeners and their taste and character. 5. According to a listener's experience, the musical sympathy engendered by an original and genuine feeling presented by an improvised song, is more easily and more frequently possible than with a "patchwork of music". The MUSICAL IMPROVISATION is in the world of music only ONE of several expressions of such art, but for musicians it deserves a much higher attention, because of the "personal note" it gives to the musician. Volker Zdunnek aka Philos60 (Germany) Comment on this article here | E-mail the author Other articles by: Volker Zdunnek 2004-12-15 - Editorial - When is Music genuine? 2004-07-04 - Editorial - What’s The Impact Of Lyrics On Music? 2004-05-30 - Editorial - How far away is Internet Love from Reality?