Journal of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction
Abstract
In this demonstration, I focus on the Exquisite Corpse as a pedagogical tool for undergraduate electronic music production courses, and more broadly argue for the practical and theoretical value of integrating collaborative and iterative improvisational tools in undergraduate electronic music curricula. I share a four-week module that applies the Exquisite Corpse method as a way to reduce student overwhelm and to encourage community-oriented learning and making, while introducing simple subtractive synthesis and MIDI composition in the DAW. The audience will benefit both from the specificity of the teaching methods I outline as well as the motivating premise that electronic music pedagogy both rewards and is rewarded by an emphasis on open, procedural, and cooperative creativity.
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Biggs, Josh
(2025)
"Don’t Do-It-Yourself: The Exquisite Corpse and Collaborative Play in Undergraduate Electronic Music Pedagogy,"
Journal of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction: Vol. 5
:
No.
2
, Article 22.
Available at:
https://trace.tennessee.edu/jatmi/vol5/iss2/22