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2021-2022 Archived Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Archived Catalog

MUS.-1413 Jazz Combo I

Credits 1 / 2 Contact Hours
Pre-requisite: Placement into ACRD 080 . Audition and music reading ability are required. Note: Instructor permission required to register in this course.
The Jazz Combo consists of four to six members forming quartets quintets and sextets. The instrumentation will vary each semester. Improvisation will be taught and emphasized in performance. Music may include published charts the Real Book and original student compositions. 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.