| CODE | MSP3111 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Jazz Improvisation 2 | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Music Studies | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit provides students with further possibility to take up studies in their first instrument or voice with special focus on developing instrumental or vocal skills in jazz improvisation. Students will receive further training in scalar and chordal exercises in preparation for improvisation. They will also be given further possibility to explore the rhythmic and stylistic nuances of jazz music. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims to: a) assist students acquiring further concepts of jazz music; b) provide students with more opportunity to attain knowledge in jazz harmonisation and chordal progression; c) facilitate an all-round recognition of improvisation as a compositional process; d) enable students to gain further insights in various jazz forms (blues, standard, bebop etc.) Learning Outcomes: Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a) get more acquainted with jazz music; b) identify its various styles; c) explore jazz forms more deeply. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a) apply the techniques and knowledge attained during the course to the performance of jazz pieces or improvisation; b) bring into the style personal musical ideas; c) compose jazz pieces; d) show more awareness of jazz aesthetics. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts Cocker, Jerry. 1987. Improvising Jazz (New York: Simon & Schuster Inc.) Cocker, Jerry. 1990. How to Listen to Jazz (New Albany, IN: Jamey Aebersold) Haerle, Dan. 1978. Jazz Improvisation for Keyboard Players (complete edition), (Los Angeles, CA: Warner Bros.Publications Inc.) Levine, Mark. 1995. The Jazz Theory Book (Petaluma, CA: Sher Music Co.) |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite: Intermediate knowledge of Music Theory and Instrumental skills | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Dominic Galea |
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