Jazz Improvisation Class Schedule

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The instructor reserves the right to alter this schedule: (so please check back frequently)

• Review of major scales and major seventh chords; guide tones; improvisation with Aebersold tracks (week 1)
• Study of the Blues; mixolydian scales and dominant 7th chords; blues riffs; V-I scales/chords (weeks 2)
• Modal tunes; dorian scales and minor 7th chords; II-V-I scales/chords (week 3)
• Review of II-V material from 3rd and 7th; II-V licks in 12 keys; tunes with II-V's (week 4)
• lydian dominant scales and dominant 7(b5) chords; II-V licks; tunes with secondary dominants and II-V's (week 5)
• TBA (week 6)

Daily Activities

• Scale Drill (verbally spell; play as a group and solo-improvise between repetitions)
• Chord Drill (verbally spell; play as a group and solo)
• Free playing (difficult key-scale of the week)*
• Melodic Performance Ear Training (call and response-scale of the week)*
• Harmonic Recognition (chord of the week)
• II-V chords/scales/licks (play as a group and solo)
• Transcription Performance (with recordings and written solos as a group-sing and play)*
• Tune Study (chords/scale/guide tone application, individual improvisation, solo concept development)

* as needed (perhaps not every class meeting)