Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Jeff T. Titon. "Every Day I Have the Blues: Improvisation and Daily Life." Southern Folklore Quarterly, 42:85-98.

Discusses two types of improvisation in blues guitar accompaniment_variation and invention_by comparing them to everyday activities that are similarly patterned. Briefly compares "preforms," accompaniment units that are preformed, memorized, and stored, to Parry-Lord formulas.
Area: MU, BL