Aleatoricism
- Accompanist (role)
- Ad libitum
- Agenda
- Aleatoricism
- Aspect
- Balance
- Bartle types
- BCG
- Conductor (role)
- Constellation
- Constructor (role)
- Co-optionality
- Cue cards
- Dice
- Dimension
- Downbeat
- Downtime
- Elegant Game
- Emergence
- End Condition
- Event (musical event)
- Extended technique
- Facilitator
- Fighting
- Flow
- Found sound
- Gameplay flow
- Genre
- Goals
- Heteronomous Music
- Horizon of intent
- Insert game
- Inspire cards
- Instrument Preparation
- Judge (role)
- Karaoke
- King-making
- Learning curve
- Ludomusical dissonance
- Meaningful Choice
- Mechanic
- Music game
- Non-idiomatic music
- Notation Cards
- Open work
- Parameter
- Pervasive Game
- Player (role)
- Prompter (role)
- Psychographics
- Quarterbacking
- Rhythm cards
- Rhythm game
- Roles
- RPG
- Rule Cards
- Speedrun
- Stacking
- Trading
- Transition
- Upgrade
- Victory condition
- Xenochrony
- XP
- Yes, and...
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Included in Play now set/collection.
Using chance in music-making.
Basic explanation
Controlled aleatoricism of Witold Lutosławski
Witold Lutosławski, who although opting for a lot of control as a composer, might be considered a patron of music games never-the-less, devised a technique called controlled aleatoricism. With it he lets performers play their parts ad libitum, but they all do that independently. That yields a unique sound result (due to emergence) and it was coincidently (or not?) first included in the piece Venetian Games.
There is an online "game" that shows you how that works!
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