Spc Topics: Jazz Improv for the Vocalist

Topics in Performance Studies: Jazz Improvisation
for the Vocalist

A course designed for beginner and intermediate
vocalists who want to develop skill in jazz
improvisation. This course will emphasize the
fundamentals of improvisation. Specific attention
will be paid to standard jazz forms, including
blues and standard jazz repertoire. Topics
include articulation, time feel, melodic and
rhythmic phrasing, using tone colors,
interpretation, motivic development, hearing
basic instrumental patterns, blues patterns,
vamps, turnarounds, and II-V progressions.
Additional focus will be on improving
improvisation skills through application of ear
training and harmonic concepts including
intervals, scales, and chord patterns.

Special Topics courses offer in-depth treatments
of topics in their subject area, and are offered
on a one-time or trial basis.