Jazz Improvisation
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Jazz Improvisation at Coursera Overview
Duration | 15 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Intermediate |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Jazz Improvisation at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Course 2 of 4 in the Music Education for Teachers Specialization
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Intermediate Level Students should be able to play an instrument at a beginner level and be familiar with basic music notation.
- Approx. 15 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: French, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese (Brazilian), German, Russian, English, Spanish
Jazz Improvisation at Coursera Course details
- Learn the basic concepts of improvisation from Gary Burton, one of the most renowned improvisers in the jazz world, including the mental, melodic, and harmonic processes that contribute to the instinctive skills that an improviser puts to use when taking a solo.
- While many people are fans of jazz and understand that musicians are often ?making up? the notes they are playing during a performance, most people?often including musicians, themselves, who are beginning to learn improvising?aren?t clear about what exact processes take place to enable this to happen. The purpose of this course is to introduce the basic concepts of modern improvisation and how to go about mastering the different musical and mental skills involved.
- Course author Gary Burton codifies a sought-after approach to improvisation that has been at the core of Berklee College of Music's curriculum for decades. Students who complete this course will know what to practice and how to practice the various aspects of improvising, in addition to understanding how the improviser spontaneously communicates to the listeners through their musical creations.
Jazz Improvisation at Coursera Curriculum
Welcome to Jazz Improvisation
Welcome to Jazz Improvisation
Learning Music Online
How this Course Works
A Note From Your Teaching Assistant
Connect with Your Classmates
Course Resources
Earn A Course Certificate
Join the Discussion!
What Are Your Goals?
Improvisation Study
The Relationship Between Spoken Language & Music
Story-Telling
Creating Your Assignment (week 2)
Spoken Language and Improvised Music
Join Your Study Group
SELF ASSESSMENT: Improvisation as a Language
The Improviser's Vocabulary
The Improviser's Vocabulary
Learning Scales
10 Most Important Scales
The Modes
Dominant 7 Scale Choices
Using Chord Scales
The 7 Modes from Brightest to Darkest
3 Additional Scales
Join Your Study Group
How to Record Yourself for Assignments
Identify the Scale
SELF ASSESSMENT: Understanding Others' Vocabulary
Making Scale Choices in Real Time
Choosing a Chord Scale
Finding the Correct Major Scale
Chord Scale Method
Finding the Correct Minor Chord Scale
Minor Examples
Finding the Correct Dominant Chord Scale
Creating Your Assignment (week 4)
Join Your Study Group
Scale Choices
SELF ASSESSMENT: 500 Miles High
Harmony for Improvisers
Harmonic Motion
Guide-Tones
Using Guide-Tone Lines
Harmonic Motion 2
Creating Your Assignment (week 5)
Guide-Tone Line Examples Used in Week 4 Videos
Join Your Study Group
Harmony
SELF ASSESSMENT: Memories of Tomorrow
Theme and Variation
Theme
The Unfolding of a Story
Three Characteristics of Melodic Form
Variation
Musical Sentences
Analyzing Songs
Conclusion
Creating Your Assignment (week 6)
Lesson 5 Learning Targets
Join Your Study Group
Theme and Variation
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