Leslie A. Tilley is associate professor in ethnomusicology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is particularly interested in exploring analytical approaches to world musics and has published in Ethnomusicology, The Springer Handbook of Systematic Musicology, and the Current Research in Systematic Musicology volume Computational Phonogram Archiving. She loves and plays Balinese music.

"Tilley has written one of the most important monographs in the field of music in general, and ethnomusicology in particular, that I have encountered in the last fifty years. In my mind there is no question that in the future, scholars, students, and readers interested in music, music performance, and musical behavior in cultural context will ensure they are grounded in a study of her work and how she has framed it here."

• Notes on PronunciationPrelude1 The Complicated Story of Improvisation: Models and Methods, Creativity and Conceptual Space2 Finding an Unspoken Model: The Boundaries of Reyong Norot3 Analyzing Improvisations on a Known Model: The Freedom of Reyong Norot4 Analyzing Collectivity: Models and Interactions in Practice5 Unraveling Unconscious Models: The Boundaries of Kendang Arja6 Beyond Generalizations: The Freedom of Kendang ArjaPostludeAcknowledgmentsGlossary of Frequently Used TermsNotesReferencesIndex

Leslie A. Tilley is associate professor in ethnomusicology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is particularly interested in exploring analytical approaches to world musics and has published in Ethnomusicology, The Springer Handbook of Systematic Musicology, and the Current Research in Systematic Musicology volume Computational Phonogram Archiving. She loves and plays Balinese music.

"Tilley has written one of the most important monographs in the field of music in general, and ethnomusicology in particular, that I have encountered in the last fifty years. In my mind there is no question that in the future, scholars, students, and readers interested in music, music performance, and musical behavior in cultural context will ensure they are grounded in a study of her work and how she has framed it here."

• Notes on PronunciationPrelude1 The Complicated Story of Improvisation: Models and Methods, Creativity and Conceptual Space2 Finding an Unspoken Model: The Boundaries of Reyong Norot3 Analyzing Improvisations on a Known Model: The Freedom of Reyong Norot4 Analyzing Collectivity: Models and Interactions in Practice5 Unraveling Unconscious Models: The Boundaries of Kendang Arja6 Beyond Generalizations: The Freedom of Kendang ArjaPostludeAcknowledgmentsGlossary of Frequently Used TermsNotesReferencesIndex

Leslie A. Tilley is associate professor in ethnomusicology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is particularly interested in exploring analytical approaches to world musics and has published in Ethnomusicology, The Springer Handbook of Systematic Musicology, and the Current Research in Systematic Musicology volume Computational Phonogram Archiving. She loves and plays Balinese music.

"Tilley has written one of the most important monographs in the field of music in general, and ethnomusicology in particular, that I have encountered in the last fifty years. In my mind there is no question that in the future, scholars, students, and readers interested in music, music performance, and musical behavior in cultural context will ensure they are grounded in a study of her work and how she has framed it here."

• Notes on PronunciationPrelude1 The Complicated Story of Improvisation: Models and Methods, Creativity and Conceptual Space2 Finding an Unspoken Model: The Boundaries of Reyong Norot3 Analyzing Improvisations on a Known Model: The Freedom of Reyong Norot4 Analyzing Collectivity: Models and Interactions in Practice5 Unraveling Unconscious Models: The Boundaries of Kendang Arja6 Beyond Generalizations: The Freedom of Kendang ArjaPostludeAcknowledgmentsGlossary of Frequently Used TermsNotesReferencesIndex