MUSC 043B

Jazz Improvisation II

Part two of a two-semester study of jazz improvisation required of all jazz studies majors. The course will provide the student with intermediate and advanced skills of creative improvisation styles in the jazz idiom. In order to expand the skill levels 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