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Jazz Improvisation I
  
Jazz Improvisation I
 Recommended Prerequisite:  Instrumental Training
 Grades Offered:  9 - 12
 Credit:  ½ -1
 SDE Course Code:  3599
 MNPS Course Code:  MUS2725

Course Description

 

This course is designed for the student who wants to pursue the study and performance of jazz on his/her chosen instrument. The student will study and execute the technique of improvisation.  Eat Training will be included in this course


Course of Study

 

  • Singing
    • Identifies singing with proper expression.
    • Recognizes appropriate style and articulation
    • Performs with accurate pitch while singing alone.
  • Playing instruments
    • Identifies appropriate tone based on the style being performed.
    • Performs basic musical examples reflecting correct technique and expressive devices.
    • Demonstrates correct posture and hand position while performing selected musical examples.
    • Discerns pitch discrepancies in an ensemble performance.
  • Improvising
    • Performs a simple improvisations using a blues scale.
  • Composing/Arranging
    • Creates an original melody over a basic 12-bar blues progression.
    • Transposes a given melody from one instrument to another.
  • Reading/Notating
    • Correctly identifies pitches and rhythmic values.
    • Identifies techniques to perform written notation in a stylistically appropriate manner.
    • Demonstrates basic music notation techniques.
  • Listening/Analyzing/Describing
    • Demonstrates basic understanding of the terminology used to evaluate music on technical and aesthetic levels.
    • Listens to various sub-genres of jazz and other American music styles.
    • Listens to music and makes a critical analysis of the performance.
  • Evaluating
    • Demonstrates basic knowledge of the historical and cultural background and influences in jazz styles.

 

Standards

MNPS Music Department Standards
http://www.mnps.org

 

TN State Department of Education Standards

http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/standards

 

Textbook

 

No MNPS purchased textbook

 

Recommended and/or required resources

 

Jazz recordings

Historical DVDs and videos

Metronome

Chromatic tuner

Jazz arrangements

Jazz method books