Course Catalog Information (24-25)
MUSI 9C
Jazz Piano III
Course Description
Development of the ability to play advanced jazz piano arrangements from lead sheets in a variety of jazz styles and settings using knowledge of jazz harmony, jazz piano techniques, and improvisational skills. Improvisational skill on the piano is developed through the application of basic to advanced scales determined through the use of jazz theory and harmonic analysis, and the application of idiomatic phrases.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of Hard Bop and Afro-Caribbean jazz styles through jazz piano performance.
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of reharmonization, tritone substitutions, and altered and diminished scales through jazz piano performance.
Course Details
- Units
- 1.5 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 1
- Weekly Lab Hours: 2
- Gen Ed
- Non-GE Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Transferability
- Transferable to both UC and CSU
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
- Formerly Statement
- Formerly MUSI 69C
Requisite and Advisory
- Prerequisite(s)
- MUSI 9B or by instructor consent
- Advisory(ies)
- ESL 261 and ESL 265, or ESL 461 and ESL 465, or eligibility for EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5
- Corequisite(s)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
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