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Academic Year 2005/2006


Materials and Principles of Jazz Improvisation II
MUSC 460 SP

Crosslistings:
AFAM 389

This course may be repeated for credit.

This course extends the materials used in Improvisation I involving vocabulary as well as notated material to be used in improvising and composition. The class will seek to emphasize the interrelations between improvisational and structural devices from the post-Ayler continuum of African American music.

MAJOR READINGS

Students will be asked to use COMPOSITION NOTES, book 1-5, as part of their resource materials for the course.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

To be announced.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Attendance required to all classes.

COURSE FORMAT: Performance

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA MUSC    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: [MUSC459 or AFAM388] Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006


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