MUSC 043A

Jazz Improvisation I

Part one of a two-semester study of jazz improvisation required of all jazz studies majors. This course will provide the student with basic and intermediate skills of creative improvisation styles in the jazz idiom. In order to expand the skill level of improvisation of each particular jazz student, this class will focus on four main areas: listening, scale and chord development, repertory development and transcribing jazz solos.

Units: 2.0