Jazz Improvisation I

Catalog description

The first in a 2-semester sequence, these courses present the student with practical exercises for an aspiring jazz musician. The exercises arc analyzed with examples from the repertoire of both jazz and classical idioms. The technical, compositional, and theoretical exercises will provide the improvising musician with the tools and musical language needed to compose "spontaneously." P: MUS 201 ; CO: MUS 208 or 308 .