The target study explores whether evaluations of the same piece of music differ under two distinct listening conditions: listening to a piece described either as an improvisation or as a preexisting composition. Participants ( N = 16) in the two conditions listened to the same musical piece and provided verbal evaluative judgements. The author used a grounded theory approach to analyze listeners' responses, reporting different listening experiences in the two groups. The findings provide unique insights to enable a greater understanding of the nature of the aesthetics of improvisation. In this commentary, I first discuss the strengths of the article, followed by methodological considerations and suggestions for future research. I then present a short literature review and discussion of what I consider the most relevant topic in relation to this study, namely, the effects of contextual information on subjective evaluations.

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佳能（Canonne）评论（2018）：听即兴创作

目标研究探讨了在两种不同的聆听条件下对同一首音乐的评价是否有所不同：聆听一首被描述为即兴创作或已存在的作品。两种情况下的参与者（N = 16）聆听相同的音乐作品并提供口头评价。作者使用了扎根的理论方法来分析听众的反应，报告两组中不同的听觉体验。这些发现提供了独特的见解，使人们能够更好地理解即兴美学的本质。在这篇评论中，我首先讨论了本文的优势，然后是方法上的考虑和对未来研究的建议。