Oral transmission trials preceded and continue to revise written notation

Evidence

The notations for Sonic Meditations were presented in written form only after many trials with oral instructions given to many different people. Even though Sonic Meditations are in print, I often vary or revise the wording I use to transmit the instructions in new situations. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 282

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the tension between fixed notation and living transmission prized in oral traditions. — connects to: Oral transmission yields more internally consistent traditions than written transmission — Harold Innis, The Bias of Communication, 664
• SEED: Source material for an essay on why instructions for attention resist definitive written form.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 282

Broader Connections

• Oral transmission yields more internally consistent traditions than written transmission #contradicts (0.85) — Harold Innis, The Bias of Communication, 664