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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
1-hour lesson for students enrolled for 2 credits. 1/2-hour lesson for students enrolled for 1 credit. More advanced repertoire (works by Corea, Hancock, etc.). Continued expansion of harmonic concepts and exploration of chord voicings and applications. Use of Aebersold series. Assistance with senior recital preparation.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
1-hour lesson for students enrolled for 2 credits. 1/2-hour lesson for students enrolled for 1 credit. More advanced repertoire (works by Corea, Hancock, etc.). Continued expansion of harmonic concepts and exploration of chord voicings and applications. Use of Aebersold series. Assistance with senior recital preparation.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Students will expand and refine application of fundamental chord voicings, chord-scale relationships, be-bop and blues vocabulary, and develop a strong rhythmic base. Solo piano and ensemble/accompaniment formats will be addressed. Technique will be evaluated to identify areas in need of improvement. Methods will include: transcription, analysis, composition of single lines and arrangements, tune learning, and various improvisation exercises.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Students will expand and refine application of fundamental chord voicings, chord-scale relationships, be-bop and blues vocabulary, and develop a strong rhythmic base. Solo piano and ensemble/accompaniment formats will be addressed. Technique will be evaluated to identify areas in need of improvement. Methods will include: transcription, analysis, composition of single lines and arrangements, tune learning, and various improvisation exercises.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
Students will expand and refine knowledge of chord voicings, chord scale relationships, and rhythmic integrity in swing and other styles. Modal, chromatic, and non-traditional harmonic concepts will be introduced. Advanced rhythmic approaches to improvisation and accompaniment will be explored. Expressive aspects of performance will be addressed. Technique will be evaluated to identify areas in need of improvement. Methods will include: transcription, analysis, composition of single lines and arrangements, tune learning, and various improvisation exercises.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
1-hour lesson for students enrolled for 2 credits. 1/2-hour lesson for students enrolled for 1 credit. Technique: Arpeggiation of major, minor, diminished and augmented seventh chords, in both hands and in at least two octaves with a swing (triplet) subdivision. Introduction to melodic harmonization through practice of Shearing Style and Drop Two scaler exercises. Introduction of the ii-V7-I chord progression in all keys as applied to tunes which have a harmonic rhythm of two changes per bar such as Confirmation (Parker) and in Your Own Sweet Way (Brubeck). Literature: Study of the I Got Rhythm chord progression. Memorization of at least two tunes per lesson in their original key, at least 75% of which should be tunes in the American standard format featuring composers such as Berlin, Porter, Kahn, Gershwin, etc. All of above to be performed with bass accompaniment, or in solo piano format. Study, performance and analysis of transcribed solos such as those found in the Omnibook (Parker). Introduction to solo piano format through study of transcribed pieces.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
1-hour lesson for students enrolled for 2 credits. 1/2-hour lesson for students enrolled for 1 credit. Technique: Selected exercises from the Dohnanyi or Pishna exercise books. Augmented scales and modes of major in all keys, in both hands and in at least two octaves with a swing (triplet) subdivision. Introduction to modal harmony and sideslipping through study of plateau modal compositions (tunes with long sections of the same modality.) Pentatonic scales in all keys. Literature: Blues in the stride solo piano format. Analysis and transcription of artists who played in this style such as Tatum, Johnson, Smith, and Peterson. Memorization of at least two tunes per lesson in at least three key centers, at least 75% of which should be tunes in the American standard format featuring composers such as Berlin, Porter, Kahn, Gershwin, etc. All of the above to be performed both with bass accompaniment and in solo piano format with sections in stride style. Introduction to the Bill Evans piano style through performance of his transcribed piano pieces.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
1-hour lesson for students enrolled for 2 credits. 1/2-hour lesson for students enrolled for 1 credit. Technique: Selected exercises from the Dohnanyi or Pishna exercise books. Augmented scales and modes of major in all keys, in both hands and in at least two octaves with a swing (triplet) subdivision. Introduction to modal harmony and sideslipping through study of plateau modal compositions (tunes with long sections of the same modality.) Pentatonic scales in all keys. Literature: Blues in the stride solo piano format. Analysis and transcription of artists who played in this style such as Tatum, Johnson, Smith, and Peterson. Memorization of at least two tunes per lesson in at least three key centers, at least 75% of which should be tunes in the American standard format featuring composers such as Berlin, Porter, Kahn, Gershwin, etc. All of the above to be performed both with bass accompaniment and in solo piano format with sections in stride style. Introduction to the Bill Evans piano style through performance of his transcribed piano pieces.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
1-hour lesson for students enrolled for 2 credits. 1/2-hour lesson for students enrolled for 1 credit. Technique: Selected exercises from the Dohnanyi or Pishna exercise books. Augmented scales and modes of major in all keys, in both hands and in at least two octaves with a swing (triplet) subdivision. Introduction to modal harmony and sideslipping through study of plateau modal compositions (tunes with long sections of the same modality.) Pentatonic scales in all keys. Literature: Blues in the stride solo piano format. Analysis and transcription of artists who played in this style such as Tatum, Johnson, Smith, and Peterson. Memorization of at least two tunes per lesson in at least three key centers, at least 75% of which should be tunes in the American standard format featuring composers such as Berlin, Porter, Kahn, Gershwin, etc. All of the above to be performed both with bass accompaniment and in solo piano format with sections in stride style. Introduction to the Bill Evans piano style through performance of his transcribed piano pieces.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
1-hour lesson for students enrolled for 2 credits. 1/2-hour lesson for students enrolled for 1 credit. Technique: Selected exercises from the Dohnanyi or Pishna exercise books. Augmented scales and modes of major in all keys, in both hands and in at least two octaves with a swing (triplet) subdivision. Introduction to modal harmony and sideslipping through study of plateau modal compositions (tunes with long sections of the same modality.) Pentatonic scales in all keys. Literature: Blues in the stride solo piano format. Analysis and transcription of artists who played in this style such as Tatum, Johnson, Smith, and Peterson. Memorization of at least two tunes per lesson in at least three key centers, at least 75% of which should be tunes in the American standard format featuring composers such as Berlin, Porter, Kahn, Gershwin, etc. All of the above to be performed both with bass accompaniment and in solo piano format with sections in stride style. Introduction to the Bill Evans piano style through performance of his transcribed piano pieces.
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