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  • MUPF 121: Jazz Studio Ensemble I;3 credits

    3.00 Credits
    Brookdale Community College

    In this instrumental ensemble, the students will be exposed to performing in various jazz styles. Students will be instructed in soloing techniques and they will be encouraged to individually solo within the context of the ensemble. Attendance at an on-campus concert will be required.
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  • MUPF 122: Jazz Studio Ensemble II;3 credits

    3.00 Credits
    Brookdale Community College

    Jazz Studio Ensemble II is a hands-on musical performance course with emphasis placed on the repertoire of the Big Band. Ensemble performance skills such as section playing, group intonation and dynamics, and rhythmic interpretation of Big Band performance clichés will be stressed. Improvisation techniques, within the context of the entire ensemble, will also be covered. The instrumentation of the group will be that of a traditional swing band and repertoire of all style periods and major arrangers will be covered. Personal instrument required. (Prerequisite: MUSI 101, basic fluency of music fundamentals, or the approval of the instructor. Students without previous ensemble experience should consider or may be asked to enroll in MUPF 121, Jazz Ensemble I, as a prerequisite in order to gain the necessary level of performance experience required for this course).
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  • MUPF 125: Basics of Jazz Improvisation;3 credits

    3.00 Credits
    Brookdale Community College

    This course is designed to introduce the student to the basics of jazz improvisation (namely, the rhythmic, harmonic, and theoretical functions of the musical process of improvising). These goals will be accomplished through required listening, a discussion of music theory as it applies to jazz performance, and performance based on the student's background and experience. A personal instrument is required with the exception of pianists and vocalists. Attendance at two jazz concerts will be required. NOTE: This course is offered in the Spring term only. ( Prerequisite: MUSI 102 or approval of instructor, and fluency on an instrument.)
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  • MUPF 131: Group Guitar I;3 credits

    3.00 Credits
    Brookdale Community College

    This course is designed for students with little or no guitar experience and will focus on the basic skills needed to play the guitar. Specific areas of discussion will include reading music, fingerboard basics, strumming and picking technique, and an introduction to chords and scales. Skills learned in this course will allow the student to perform music in a variety of styles. Attendance at one Brookdale concert is required.
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  • MUPF 132: Group Guitar II;3 credits

    3.00 Credits
    Brookdale Community College

    This course is designed as a continuation of MUPF 131, with added emphasis on individual study. Specific areas of discussion will include understanding and reading rhythms, learning to improvise using major, minor, and pentatonic scales and modes, as well as understanding harmony in a variety of musical styles. Students will do final projects arranging composing or performing songs, including those found in today's popular music. Attendance at one Brookdale concert is required. (Prerequisite: A grade of "C" or higher in MUPF 131 orat least one year of guitar experience and instructor approval)
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  • MUPF 138: Jazz Guitar;3 credits

    3.00 Credits
    Brookdale Community College

    This course will focus on the basic skills needed to play jazz music on the guitar. Specific areas of discussion will include understanding and reading rhythms, jazz chord forms, and learning to improvise using major scales, modes, guide tones, and chord melody playing. Studies continue with the melodic and harmonic analysis of jazz guitar solos by historically renowned jazz guitarists. (Prerequisite: MUPF 131 or MUPF 132 or at least one year of guitar experience)
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  • MUPF 201: Group Piano IV;3 credits

    3.00 Credits
    Brookdale Community College

    Students will analyze, polish, and perform pieces of early intermediate level at the piano. They will play major and minor scales and arpeggios with the appropriate traditional fingerings. They will identify and play the four forms of the triad and their inversions. They will improve their sight reading and improvising skills. (Prerequisite: A grade of "C" or higher in MUPF 103 orinstructor approval)
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  • MUPF 202: Group Piano V;3 credits

    3.00 Credits
    Brookdale Community College

    Students will continue to advance, furthering technical and musical skills begun in the first four terms of group piano and pursuing their own interests. Musical works of the impressionistic style will be emphasized. (Prerequisite: A grade of "C" or higher inMUPF 201 or instructor approval)
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  • MUPF 203: Group Piano VI;3 credits

    3.00 Credits
    Brookdale Community College

    Students will continue to advance, furthering technical and musical skills begun in the first five terms of group piano and pursuing their own interests. Musical works of the 20th century will be emphasized. Attendance at one concert with piano music is required. (Prerequisite: A grade of "C" orhigher in MUPF 202 or instructor approval)
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  • MUPF 211: Voice III;3 credits

    3.00 Credits
    Brookdale Community College

    Students will build upon the skills established in MUPF 111 and MUPF 112. In the first section of the course, students will develop advanced vocal techniques to further refine healthy, safe vocal sounds by means of the most advanced and challenging bel canto techniques intended to further strengthen breathing, support, projection, range, and flexibility. In the second part of the class, students will be assigned advanced standard repertory pieces of music and present their work to the class. Interpretation, style, phrasing, analysis of lyrics, and compositional techniques will be studied. Performances will be taped and viewed in the class for constructive criticism. (Prerequisite: A grade of "C" or higher in MUPF 112)
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