Overview
Description
Performance-oriented study of the basic techniques of improvisation in the jazz idiom.
Requirements
Prerequisites
MUS 253
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): MUS 253.
Units
Lecture2
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- transcribe, analyze and perform recorded improvisations by many of the great jazz improvisors of the past and present.
- demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the “altered” scales and chords used in jazz improvisation.
- memorize and perform several tunes from the standard jazz (“tin pan alley”) repertoire.