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2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MUS 190 JAZZ IMPROVISATION II


3 Units 3 hours lecture 1 hour lab
Transfers: CSU
Limitation: Instructor permission to ensure that students have the jazz improvisational and theoretical knowledge and skills to succeed in the course expectations.
Recommended Preparation: MUS 10 or MUS 46
Study of jazz theory, transcription and historically important improvisers. Introduction to melodic minor scale theory, harmonic minor scale theory, modes from other cultures (Egyptian, Japanese, Persian, Indian, Afghan, and others). Also introduces music from the Lennie Tristano School; melodic, harmonic, and improvisatorially. Students are limited to a combined total of four enrollments in MUS 46, 140, and 190.
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