MUS 161 - Jazz Improvisation: Instrumental

2 Credit(s)

Students will study elements of jazz harmony, jazz standards and classic recordings of jazz artists to build background and a platform for development of skills in jazz improvisation. Students should have considerable skill on their instrument and knowledge of major key signatures and major scales. May be repeated up to 12 total credits.

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

Demonstrate knowledge of form, style, chord changes and related scales of music studied (CLO 1.1, 1.3, 5.1, 5.2)
Demonstrate improvement in the following: aural skills, phrase development, knowledge of chord structure, chord progression recognition, instrumental technique, and rhythmic control (CLO 3.1, 3.2, 5.1, 5.2)
Demonstrate a knowledge of jazz artists and jazz standards studied (CLO 1.2, 2.3, 4.4)

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