TransfermaticMUS at MiraCosta College

    MUS 253 - Jazz/Commercial Improvisation

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    Class Size
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    Credits
    2
    Prerequisite
    None
    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    This course introduces students to melodic improvisational techniques used in jazz and many commercial musical styles. Participants study the art of constructing an appropriate linear melodic solo in a variety of common styles, including swing, Latin, bop, funk, fusion, and soul. The course relates music theory and improvisation to chord/scale relationships and modes, modal chord progressions, blues, rhythm changes, and standard major and minor chord progressions.