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This paper presents a model for Collective Free Improvisation (CFI), a form of improvisation that can be defined as referent-free. While very simple, it captures some interesting mechanisms of CFI. We use two variables: the intention and the objective. Both variables are used to describe the production and organization of the improvisers’ signals. Using a system of Landau equations, we propose a non-linear dynamics for the intention evolving on a short time-scale while the objective evolves on a long time-scale. In this paper, the model is used to determine if, and within which conditions, a collective structure can emerge from CFI.
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Canonne, C., Garnier, N. (2011). A Model for Collective Free Improvisation. In: Agon, C., Andreatta, M., Assayag, G., Amiot, E., Bresson, J., Mandereau, J. (eds) Mathematics and Computation in Music. MCM 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6726. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21590-2_3
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