Course Criteria

Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Music major or consent of the instructor. Corequisite: MUT 1361. This course is designed for music majors who approach piano as a secondary instrument. The student will study basic jazz piano skills with emphasis on block chords, shell voicings, diatonic 7th chords, cycle progressions, and II-V-I's in major and minor keys.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and admission to Music department. This course teaches jazz improvisation via the saxophone. Concepts such as mental practice are stressed. Also the inherent multicultural aspect of jazz comes to the foreground. Students are taught to examine all cultures for fresh musical devices, understanding that old material can be used in new settings and that knowledge is ageless. The basic tools of jazz improvisation and harmony are taught and are built upon in the successive levels of this course. This course is repeatable one time for a total of four credit hours.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Prerequisites: MVJ 1010, music major or consent of instructor. Corequisite: MUT 1362. This course is a continuation of Jazz Piano I and is designed for music majors who approach piano as a secondary instrument. The student will study advanced jazz piano skills with emphasis on II-V-I progressions, I-IV cycle progressions, modal voicings, tri-tone substitutions, and polychordal II-V-I's.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor and admission to music department. This course teaches the first level in the sequence of jazz bass performance. For this course emphasis is placed on basic functionality of the instrument. This includes a thorough tutorial of scales, modes, and arpeggios, along with basic technical instruction on the instrument itself. The skills developed in this course are then expanded upon and enhanced in subsequent levels of this course. This course is repeatable one time for a total of four credit hours. Students must be admitted into the Department of Music or receive instructor consent to register for this course.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Individual instruction in set drums. Private lesson and performance laboratory weekly. May be repeated for a total of 4 credits.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Successful completion of MVJ 1016 Applied Jazz Saxophone I, or consent of instructor. This course teaches jazz improvisation via the saxophone. Dorian, Melodic Minor, Diminished Scales, Pentatonic and interchangeable tetra chords are studied along with their application. Compositions of Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Golson are studied for specific harmonic issues. This course is repeatable one time for a total of four credit hours.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Successful completion of two semesters of MVJ 1318 or instructor consent. This course teaches the second level of jazz bass performance. For this course emphasis is placed on the function of the bass in an ensemble environment. This includes instruction on 'walking' bass lines and sight-reading. Influential bass players including Ray Brown, Paul Chambers, and Ron Carter are studied and analyzed. The skills developed in this course are then expanded upon and enhanced in subsequent levels of this course. This course is repeatable one time for a total of four credit hours. Students must successfully complete two semesters of Applied Jazz Bass 1 or receive instructor consent to register for this course.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Individual instruction in set drums. Private lesson and performance laboratory weekly. May be repeated for a total of 4 credits.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Successful completion of two semesters of MVJ 2328 or instructor consent. This course teaches the third level of jazz bass performance. For this course emphasis is placed on the solo potential of the bass. The great bass soloists throughout jazz history are studied and analyzed, including Jimmy Blanton, Scott LaFaro, and Eddie Gomez. The skills developed in this course are then expanded upon and enhanced in subsequent levels of this class. This course is repeatable one time for a total of four credit hours. Students must successfully complete two semesters of Applied Jazz Bass 2 or receive instructor consent to register for this course.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Individual instruction in set drums. Private lesson and performance laboratory weekly. May be repeated for a total of 4 credits.
To find college, community college and university courses by keyword, enter some or all of the following, then select the Search button.
(Type the name of a College, University, Exam, or Corporation)
(For example: Accounting, Psychology)
(For example: ACCT 101, where Course Prefix is ACCT, and Course Number is 101)
(For example: Introduction To Accounting)
(For example: Sine waves, Hemingway, or Impressionism)
Distance:
of
(For example: Find all institutions within 5 miles of the selected Zip Code)
Privacy Statement   |   Terms of Use   |   Institutional Membership Information   |   About AcademyOne   
Copyright 2006 - 2024 AcademyOne, Inc.