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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

(Syllabus for MUSC329: Improvisation III)
(Transcription Assignment for Improvisation III)

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

Review basic 5-3 and 3-1 patterns in: major | minor | Applied to ATTUR

Guide Tone Review:
With the grain and against the grain GUIDE TONES Applied to Standard Progression

Preparation for Improvisation III: All Instruments

Miss Jones Arpeggios: C Instruments

Miss Jones lines that point to the beginnings of phrases: C Instruments

Melodic Minor Arpeggios ideas:
All Instruments
Bass clef Instruments

Blues for Alice or any extended plagal cadence passage:
C Instruments
Bb Instruments

Alternate Changes for All the Things:
C Instruments

Minor melodic patterns applied:
C Instruments
Bass clef Instruments

Ipanema Preparation Exercises:
C Instruments
Bass clef Instruments

Donna Lee-isms: C Instruments

Invitation to Extended Arpeggios and Connections Exercises:
C and Bass Clef Instruments
Bb and Eb Instruments

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

SCHEDULE

Be prepared to play the melody, chord changes, and improvise over the selected 2-3 tunes per week using outlines, arpeggios, and specific devices discussed in class.

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Tunes for JAZZ IMPROVISATION III:

May Include tunes from this list and others TBA:

All The Things You Are
Alone Together
Anthropology
Body & Soul
Days of Wine & Roses
Donna Lee
Emily
Girl From Ipanema
Have You Met Miss Jones
Invitation
It's You Or No One
I Love You
Just Friends

Joy Spring
Moose The Mooche
Night & Day (C & Eb)
On Green Dolphin St. (C & Eb)
Once I Loved
One Note Samba
Samba De Orfeus
Scrapple from the Apple
Stella by Starlight
Wave
What is this Thing Called Love?
Others, TBA