Rouncefield2026
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| BibType | INCOLLECTION |
| Key | Rouncefield2026 |
| Author(s) | Mark Rouncefield, Alan Chamberlain, Guglielmo Fluss-Tramontano |
| Title | Garfinkel's blues: blues guitar as ‘instructed action’ |
| Editor(s) | Peter Tolmie, Dave Randall, Mark Rouncefield, Andy Crabtree |
| Tag(s) | EMCA, Music |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year | 2026 |
| Language | English |
| City | Abingdon, Oxon |
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| Pages | 176–201 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781003358886-11 |
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| Howpublished | |
| Book title | Ethnomethodological Studies of Music |
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Abstract
This chapter looks in detail at a series of remote interactions between an adult student attempting to learn to play blues guitar and his tutor. The primary focus is upon how the mutually accomplished business of learning to play the blues might be considered a form of ‘instructed action’ in Garfinkel’s conceptualization of the term. The chapter begins by laying out the ecology within which the instruction took place and the range of resources that were brought to bear, such as tablature and online videos of performers playing the blues. It then covers topics such as instructed listening, strumming, fingering and hearing the blues. It concludes by reflecting upon what is missing from the account, namely the emotional and ‘felt’ aspects of playing the blues and how, ultimately for the student, the pursuit of instruction is about having ‘fun’.
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