MUS 105: Creative Jazz and Improvisation I

This is a basic performance skills class for instrumental and vocal solo or small group expression in American Blues and Jazz. Students learn basic improvisation and listening skills, how to express their original ideas through the acquisition of chord and scale relationships and communicate their musical ideas in personally recorded or inter-personal collaboration. Students must demonstrate basic competency on their instruments. The title of this course was previously Jazz Combo and Improvisation I.

Level I Prereq: No Basic Skills

Class offerings by semester

  Winter Summer Fall

Even Years
(2022, 2024, 2026)

offered at nighttime offered in the daytime offered at nighttime

Odd Years
(2023, 2025, 2027)

offered at nighttime offered in the daytime offered at nighttime

offered in the daytimeDay Class (before 5 p.m.) offered at nighttimeEvening Class (after 5 p.m.) offered online Online Class
Revised: 3/30/23

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Description Hours
Credits 2
Lecture Hours 30
Clinical Hours 0
Lab Hours 0
Other Hours 0
Total Hours 30

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