2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Apr 18, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MUSI 159 - Beginning Jazz Improvisation


Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0

A user-friendly course of study in the melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic practices associated with the art of jazz improvisation, including the theoretical background associated with it and the stylistic and idiomatic considerations as well. Students learn through a “hands-on” approach; they are called upon to improvise jazz in actual playing situations on a weekly basis. Students also learn through the study of jazz harmony and theory and through analysis of classic jazz recordings made famous by the masters of the craft.


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