闪播福利库

This course is the first in a four-semester sequence on the study of jazz improvisation with a linguistic approach. The class will cover the vocabulary and grammar of jazz, as well as rhetoric, story-telling and emotional performance. Each week students will be expected to be proficient in technical drills, harmonic and rhythmic vocabulary, and repertoire related to the four fundamental forms encompassed by the course. Transcriptions and writing assignments will also be given, and students will work with the Contrast Method of Improvisational Concepts, self-listening and analysis, performing the topics in class, group performance, and artistic development. (Typically offered: Fall)