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Jazz Improvisation IV
  
Jazz Improvisation IV
 Recommended Prerequisite:  Jazz Improvisation III
 Grades Offered:  12
 Credits:  ½ -1
 SDE Course Code:  3599
 MNPS Course Code:  MUS2728  

Course Description

 

This course is a continuation of Jazz Improvisation III.

Course of Study
  • Singing
    • Sings with proper expression in an ensemble setting.
    • Uses appropriate style and articulation in an ensemble setting.
    • Performs with accurate pitch while singing in four-part harmony.
  • Playing instruments
    • Uses appropriate tone in an ensemble, based on the style being performed.
    • Performs at a medium-advanced or advanced level in an ensemble setting, reflecting correct technique and expressive devices.
    • Demonstrates correct posture and hand position while performing selected musical examples.
    • Discerns and corrects pitch discrepancies in an ensemble performance.
  • Improvising
    • Performs advanced improvisations using various scales.
    • Performs solos over advanced chord progressions.
  • Composing/Arranging
    • Creates an original melody over a jazz 12-bar blues progression with chord substitutions.
    • Transposes a given melody from one instrument to another.
    • Arranges a musical example for a small ensemble.
    • Creates a melody for an AABA, 32-bar form.
  • Reading/Notating
    • Correctly performs pitches and rhythmic values in an ensemble setting.
    • Performs medium-advanced to advanced written notation in a stylistically appropriate manner.
    • Demonstrates medium-advanced to advanced music notation techniques.
  • Listening/Analyzing/Describing
    • Uses standard terminology to evaluate music on technical and aesthetic levels.
    • Listens to and analyzes various sub-genres of jazz and other American music styles, then identifies and describes similarities and differences
    • Analyzes and describes a live musical performance.
  • Evaluating
    • Demonstrates an expanded knowledge of the historical and cultural background and influences in jazz styles.
    • Self-evaluates performance of music at the medium-advanced to advanced level.

 

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 textbooks

 

 

Recommended and/or required resources

Jazz recordings

Historical DVDs and videos

Metronome

Chromatic tuner

Jazz arrangements

Jazz method books