Advanced Jazz Improvisation

Catalog description

This course explores advanced approaches to jazz improvisation with an emphasis on developing students’ ability to communicate with clarity and authenticity in the jazz idiom. Study topics include chromaticism, pentatonicism, non-functional harmony, mixed meters, thematic structures, timbre and rhythmic variation, and use of space. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 12 credit hours. Prerequisite : MUSC 2305 or permission of the instructor..