# Principle of limitation Restricting the musical means available to improvisers, such as two or three pitches, a xylophone tuned to the pentatonic mode or a guitar limited to its open strings, a principle Paton calls "fundamental to any creative work" (Paton, 2011, p. 231). ## References - Paton, R. (2011). *Lifemusic: Connecting people to time*. Archive Publishing.