MUSIC IMPROVISATION

Catalog description

This applied lesson introduces common-practice techniques used in improvising music in a variety of genres. Students will: learn various improvisation concepts and techniques; listening to examples of these concepts; practicing and mastering the concepts; learn and play solo transcriptions; demonstrate knowledge and use of these concepts. Students exhibit the skills and techniques by playing solos which are either written or played spur of the moment. Topics include mastering various scales and common improvisation techniques, learning and analyzing iconic solo transcriptions.