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indeterminacy: a standalone construct

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Music

composition in which aspects of the music are left undetermined by the composer and settled by chance or the performer.

In music, indeterminacy refers to composition in which aspects of the music are left undetermined by the composer and settled by chance or the performer. This meaning comes from Cage (1961) in Silence. Here indeterminacy is this specific meaning.[1]

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References

Cage, J. (1961). Silence. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 9789991178011

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