IMPROVISATION III: MUSC 329

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JAZZ IMPROVISATION III: MUSC329
MWF 10:10-11:00 am | Room 040

JAZZ IMPROVISATION I | JAZZ IMPROVISATION II | JAZZ IMPROVISATION III | JAZZ IMPROVISATION IV

USC JAZZ: COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

HANDOUTS | SCHEDULE | GRADING | COURSE DESCRIPTION | TUNES

HANDOUTS for JAZZ IMPROVISATION III

GENERAL IMPROVISATION MATERIALS | RHYTHM SECTION MATERIALS | BLUES MATERIALS |

MODAL MATERIALS | APPLIED OUTLINES | JAZZ ETUDES

GENERAL IMPROVISATION MATERIALS

Practice Tips

Dave Liebman's thoughts on JAZZ PRACTICE

JAZZ LISTENING LIST.
Some of the hundreds of great jazz CDs in the USC library.

JAZZ in the USC Library:
CD | DVD | Video Cassette

Assignment: Listen, enjoy, learn.

RHYTHM SECTION

BLUES WORK

OUTLINES

ETUDES

OUTLINE and SCHEDULE

Intro and review of improvisational materials.

Address, memorize and learn strategies for two tunes per week.

Transcribe and present to class three appropriate jazz transcriptions. Selections must be approved of ahead of time. Recording and legible transcription made available to instructor before making class presentation. Presentation includes:

Playing the jazz solo

Analysis including explaining melodic elements and significant structural elements

Developing pertinent exercises based on material in the transcription

Four playing exams plus final. Tunes must be played from memory. Exams may include specific technical exercises and etudes assigned in class and applied to specific pieces.
FIRST ASSIGNMENT: Make a list of tunes you know well. Make a list of tunes you wish to learn and work on this semester.
GRADING

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Tunes for JAZZ IMPROVISATION III: FALL 2004

TBA- May Include:

All The Things You Are
Bluesette
Body & Soul
Confirmation
Day By Day
Green Dolphin St. (Eb)
Have you Met Miss Jones?
I Love You
I'll Remember April
Girl from Ipanema
Just Friends

Limehouse blues
Man I Love
Night & Day
One Note Samba
Rhythm Changes
Stella By Starlight
Wave
What Is This Thing Called Love?

Others TBA

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS

IMPROVISATION III

REQUIRED MATERIALS

PROFICIENCIES

TRANSCRIPTION ASSIGNMENT

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS

Spiral book of staff paper
Required listening from CDs available in USC School of Music library

Modes of Melodic Minor applied to specific chords, Symmetrical diminished scales, 5th and 3rd modes of major b6.
Arpeggios from Melodic Minor
Selected technical studies (from handouts)
Etudes as assigned

Transcribe and present to class three appropriate jazz transcriptions. Selections must be approved of ahead of time. Recording and legible transcription made available to instructor before making class presentation. Presentation includes:

Playing the jazz solo
Analysis including explaining melodic elements and significant structural elements
Developing pertinent exercises based on material in the transcription

Students will write technical exercises and improvisational approaches over harmonic progessions for studied pieces.

Keep jazz listening log.

Some CDs in USC Library.

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