MUS 5590 - Jazz Improvisation II

A study and directed application of advanced techniques of jazz improvisation including chord extension, voicing, inversions and substitutions, chord function and progressions, and complex scales and their applications. All students will be required to develop aural and performance skills relative to those theory skills.

Note: Open to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 5580 and MUS 2180 Jazz Ensemble or concurrently

Credits: 2 hours