%0 Journal Article
%T Plans, Takes, and Mis-takes
%A Nathaniel Klemp
%A Ray McDermott
%A Jason Raley
%A Matthew Thibeault
%J Outlines : Critical Practice Studies
%D 2008
%I University of Copenhagen
%X This paper analyzes what may have been a mistake by pianist Thelonious Monk playing a jazz solo in 1958. Even in a Monk composition designed for patterned mayhem, a note can sound out of pattern. We reframe the question of whether the note was a mistake and ask instead about how Monk handles the problem. Amazingly, he replays the note into a new pattern that resituates its jarring effect in retrospect. The mistake, or better, the   mis-take, was ˇ°savedˇ± by subsequent notes. Our analysis, supported by reflections from jazz musicians and the philosopher John Dewey, encourages a reformulation of plans, takes, and   mis-takes as categories for the interpretation of contingency, surprise, and repair in all human activities. A final section suggests that mistakes are essential to the practical plying and playing of knowledge into performances, particularly those that highlight learning.
%K learning
%K action
%K activity
%K practgice
%K music
%K jazz
%U http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/outlines/article/view/1964