Learning Outcomes
At the end of Week 4 you should be able to :-
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Possess a definition of Improvisation in modern jazz
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Understand the difference between “noodling” and good improvisation
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Understand the difference between “singing the line” and “playing the sing”
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Echo the hot licks played in this session on C7
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Know the chord sequence for a standard blues and its variation the altered standard sequence where the sixth bar uses a diminished chord
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Improvise on a major blues such as “Things Aint What They Used To Be” using a standard sequence and hot licks on the corresponding two full blues scales
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Improvise on a major blues such as “Now’s The Time” and “Blue Monk” using the altered standard sequence and hot licks on the corresponding two full blues scales and the one diminished scale
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