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MUS 353

Jazz Improvisation III

Catalog2026-2027
Credits2 units
LevelUpper Division
Average gradeA-
Standard

Overview

Description

Performance-oriented study of intermediate-to-advanced techniques of improvisation in the jazz idiom.

Requirements

Prerequisites

MUS 254
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): MUS 254.

Units

Lecture2

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall - Even Years

Terms

fall

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • demonstrate ability to musically emulate many of the great jazz improvisers of the past and present.
  • demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the reharmonizations common during the “be bop” era.
  • perform blues and “rhythm changes” contrafacts in multiple keys.