Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Transcribing and analysing a typical jazz solo
- Building chords and scales using upper extensions
- Altering chord progressions with substitute and passing chords
- Analysing and labeling a jazz leadsheet using appropriate harmonic devices
- Writing a single-line jazz solo over a standard chord progression
- Making creative choices about chord extensions
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 24 |
| Wider reading or practice | 42 |
| Completion of assessment task | 60 |
| Lecture | 24 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Hartley Library audio/visual reserves.
Hartley Library reserves.
Module Blackboard site.
Textbooks
Mark Levine (1995). The Jazz Piano Book. Petaluma: Calif: Sher Music Co.
Mark Levine (1995). The Jazz Theory Book. Petaluma: Calif: Sher Music Co.
Barry Kernfield (1995). What to Listen for In Jazz. Yale: Yale.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Coursework | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Essay | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Coursework | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External