MUS.-2423 Jazz Combo IV

Credits 1 / 2 Contact Hours
Pre-requisite: Placement into RDNG-016  (ACSR-016). Pre-requisite: MUS.-2413 . Audition and music reading ability.
A continuation of Jazz Combo for students in their fourth semester of music study. Students will perform in at least one public concert.

Course Outcomes

1.  Sight read simple jazz melodies.
2. Demonstrate legato jazz style
3. Demonstrate good sound and a command of their instrument (dynamics. articulation, play in tune, etc).
4. Show a methodical approach to improvisation
   1. Play roots of each chord.
   2. Play scales of each chord.
   3. Play various combinations from notes in the chord scales for each tune.
   4. Demonstrate a command of the Bb Blues scale in improvisation.
   5. Improvise a Bb Blues improvisation without music (by ear).

5.   Learn from others in the ensemble by listening carefully and critically to their performances.