Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Learn Jazz Piano: I. Begin with the Blues
Goldsmiths, University of London
This online course focused on playing modern jazz piano in a group context. Students will have demonstrated their ability to play and improvise on three blues in C, F and B flat using a playalong. They will also have demonstrated their ability to play and improvise on a jazz standard using a playalong. The course also explored the art of improvisation using the four routes: scalic, chordal, motivic, special devices.
6 weeks, 2 hours per week
Ray d'Inverno
Professor
Goldsmiths, University of London
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate your ability to play and improvise on three blues in C, F and B flat using a playalong
- Demonstrate your ability to play and improvise on a jazz standard using a playalong
- Explore the art of improvisation using the four routes: scalic, chordal, motivic, special devices
Syllabus
- The three principal chords of Jazz and Blues
- Practicing with playalongs
- The 4 routes to improvisation: scalic, chordal, motivic and special devices
- The major seventh, the Ionian scale and basic voicings
- Improvising on a Jazz standard: The Blue Room
Issued on 20th June 2018
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