Music Practice Driven by Differences

From Interaction Analysis of the Introduction in Music Workshop

Abstract

In order to clarify the mechanism of co-creation in music by people from different backgrounds, it is necessary to focus on the relationship between diverse levels of difference and sameness through music. However, previous ethnomusicology claimed that micro differences in sounds and gestures produce a sense of sameness, and failed to capture differences in the context shared by people. After taking this into account and sorting out the problems, a music workshop in “Makoto Nomura Senju Dajare Music Festival” was analyzed. The results showed that the differences in contexts produced differences in recognitions and attitudes toward the situation, and that the music emerged and developed co-creatively through a chain of experimental trials and errors in response to these differences.