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  • PS 498: Directed Study in Improvisation

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:Written approval of instructor and course chair Course Chair:M. Marvuglio Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Spring, Fall Description This course is a high-level playing class that explores the various melodic roles of the instruments. Course materials and instruction address how to construct and improvise pattern-organized melody lines on the chord progressions of standard jazz songs using symmetric scales, chord couplings, interval patterns, and melodic cells. Emphasis is placed upon students learning how to practice and perform music that includes the techniques learned in the classroom and from the recommended reading.
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  • PSBS 225: Fundamentals of Improvisation for Bass

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:Overall ensemble rating 3 Course Chair:R. Appleman Required of:PERF bass principals Electable by:Bass principals Offered:Spring, Fall Description Application of scales, modes, arpeggios, and passing tones to improvisation on the bass. Study of repertoire and recordings is utilized to discuss and analyze major bass styles and performers.
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  • PSBS 321: Concepts for Jazz Bass Lines

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:Overall ensemble rating 4, private instruction level 3, or by audition Course Chair:R. Appleman Required of:None Electable by:Bass principals Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description A systematic approach to forming well-defined bass lines. The topics covered include writing bass lines, outlining chord sound and approach techniques, rhythmic effects, broken time-feels, and the use of pedals. Students are required to demonstrate various topics by performing their written bass lines over given chord progressions.
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  • PSBS 331: Electric Bass Performance Styles

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:ET-211 or ET-231 and private instruction level 3 (Performance majors) or private instruction level 4 (other majors) Course Chair:R. Appleman Required of:None Electable by:Bass principals Offered:Spring, Fall Description A performance history of the electric bass from the 1950s to the present. This survey will include a detailed study of selected electric bass masters including Monk Montgomery, James Jamerson, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, and Will Lee. Students will transcribe and analyze selected bass parts and present their findings.
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  • PSBS 341: Jazz Masters of the Bass

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:ET-211 or ET-231, and bass private instruction level 4 Course Chair:R. Appleman Required of:PERF bass principals Electable by:Bass principals Offered:Spring, Fall Description Students will transcribe and perform solos and lines of major bass players in jazz. Projects chosen to reflect many different styles found throughout the history of jazz. Emphasis on major innovators including Pops Foster, Walter Page, Slam Stewart, Jimmy Blanton, Charles Mingus, Oscar Pettiford, Paul Chambers, and Scott LaFaro.
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  • PSBS 375: Bass in the Free Improvisation Idiom

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:Overall ensemble rating 4 or private instruction level 4 Course Chair:R. Appleman Required of:None Electable by:Bass principals Offered:Spring, Fall Description Development of a personal approach to improvisation through application of motivic development, harmolodic phrasing, and descriptive imagery through musical expression: dynamics, emotions, colors, shapes, and textures. Study of techniques found in the music of Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, Lester Bowie, Charlie Haden, Cecil McBee, Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, John Scofield, Dave Holland, and other improvisers.
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  • PSBS 425: Advanced Improvisational Techniques for Bass

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:Overall ensemble rating 5 Course Chair:R. Appleman Required of:None Electable by:Bass principals Offered:Spring, Fall Description Application of modern and traditional techniques of improvisation for bass. Creating melodic and harmonic concepts through the tools of scales, arpeggios, modal harmony, reharmonization, and rhythmic interpretation. Analysis and application of the principles of harmonic progression in improvisation.
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  • PSGT 211: Improvisation for Guitar

    1.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:ILGT-119 or by audition Course Chair:L. Baione Required of:None Electable by:Guitar principals Offered:Spring, Summer, Fall Description Application of modes and pentatonic scales in performance with prerecorded rhythm section tapes. Comping and melodic embellishment techniques in a variety of settings (Latin/rock, jazz/rock, fusion, bossa nova, and blues). Midterm and final exams: student performance of solo with accompanying comping or rhythm part.
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  • PSGT 212: Improvisation for Guitar

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:PSGT-211 or by audition Course Chair:L. Baione Required of:None Electable by:Guitar principals Offered:Spring, Fall Description Continuation of PSGT-211. Application of altered scales derived from melodic and harmonic minor in performance with prerecorded rhythm section tapes. Melodic embellishment and phrasing, comping, and rhythm techniques relevant to rock/flamenco, fusion, Latin/rock, samba, and jazz waltz. Midterm and final projects: student performance of solo with accompanying comping or rhythm part.
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  • PSGT 221: Guitar Performance Styles

    2.00 Credits
    Berklee College of Music

    Credits:2 credits Prerequisites:None Course Chair:L. Baione Required of:None Electable by:Guitar principals Offered:Spring, Fall Description Analysis of contemporary guitar styles and effects. Lectures by professionals in various styles. Focus on jazz, rock, and country, as well as styles of specific artists. Emphasis on performance. Assigned student projects.
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