Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. How Musicians Make Music Together 1
5. 2. Repertoire as Activity: The Basic Elements 17
6. 3. Learning Songs and Building an Individual Repertoire: Sources 37
7. 4. The Skills You Need to Play the Contents of the Song Reservoir 63
8. 5. Things Change: The Organization of Musical Life 87
9. 6. Things Change: The Music 113
10. 7. On the Stand: Putting Repertoire to Work 139
11. 8. The Results of Bandstand Dynamics 165
12. 9. Playing the Repertoire Game: What We Wanted to Know and How We Learned to Ask a Better Question 183
13. Appendix: How We Did the Research 195
14. References 199
15. Index 203