- 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
- Improvisation rite
- 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...
A person who helps a group to work together.
Usage
The term applies to different contexts like education, social work or business. Tasks include resolving conflicts, achieving synergy or facilitating discussion.
In the case of our wiki, the word usually refers to a function but it may also to a profession. International Association of Facilitators lists the following core competencies of a facilitator: (1) Create collaborative client relationships; (2) Plan appropriate group processes; (3) Create and sustain a participatory environment; (4) Guide group to appropriate and useful outcomes; (5) Build and maintain professional knowledge and; (6) Model positive professional attitude. Most of it holds regardless.
For music
You may wish to get inspired by facilitators' know-how if you run music game meetings, especially when they are open to attend for everyone.
Content neutrality is advised if the difference of preference is expected. Facilitators often avoid taking stance in the discussion, and structure the process for different approaches to get due attention. For our field, a preference question that greatly influences the activities is "what is good music?". If you organize the meeting, your increased influence is unavoidable, it's often better to hold back and let the group negotiate matters on even ground, but it's not an easy task.
Expertise in the field is very useful when working with inexperienced group, but most often it's not the requirement and other methods of insight into the topic may be available. The tools needed by the group to arrive at satisfying results are to be assessed by the facilitator, so it's best to know as much as possible about the group in advance.
Workshopping may be needed before the meeting moves to the main part. It may include warm-ups, energizers, ice-breakers or other mini-games depending on a meeting plan and the group. Best to be prepared!
From facilitators
Many "music games people" are working also as facilitators for music gaming events. Below is a short list, feel free to add links to your place or profile if suitable.
Kalani Das, a published music games author, has many thoughts on facilitating, especially in the context of community drum circles and music therapy. Here is the first part of his lecture on the topic:
And a playlist "Community Drumming Facilitation" on a different YouTube channel that he ran:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7xtDH-sq4E&list=PLpcG6aYnklkAULxDkPqZE2tPnH9SDl5Qr
Misha Glouberman is working as a facilitator in the general institutional sense. He was also running interesting projects in music and theatre. Especially important here, "Terrible Noises for Beautiful People" classes and "Open Cobra" ( https://www.zoilus.com/documents/news/2004/000112.html ) in Toronto.
More details currently available only through in the archive:
http://web.archive.org/web/20090107022509/http://www.room101games.com:80/cobra/details.html
Mary Knysh works with all age groups from children to the elderly. She cooperates with Music for People.
https://www.youtube.com/c/MaryKnysh/videos
Tobias Reber facilitates at workshops (e.g. on algorithic compositions), sound walks and other events. For notes on these and other activities, you can check "A Hundred Quirky Legs" blog which includes the series Composition Exercises.
http://www.ahundredquirkylegs.com/2018/11/02/sound-walks-on-listening-and-shared-silence/
Magdalena Schatzmann connects music workshops with Deep Democracy processes:
https://kraftortmusik.ch/en/musik-und-deep-democracy/
At our wiki
Right now the most useful materials to help you improve your facilitation would be in Pass the Sound series, and How to set up a music game meeting? article.
If you think anything should be added to this text, please drop a hint or a link for future editors.