Mar 28, 2024  
Official Course Syllabi 2020-2021 
    
Official Course Syllabi 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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MUSC 1358 - Jazz Lab Band Guitar

Credit Hours: 1.00


Prerequisites: None

A jazz ensemble of limited numbers designed for the student with previous instrumental performance experience. Arrangements performed represent various styles in the jazz idiom. May be taken 4 times for credit. A student can earn a maximum of 8 semester hours credit for any combination of MUSC 1300 and MUSC 1351 thru MUSC 1359.

Location: Center Campus

Contact Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3
OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES
Outcome 1: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to name, define, and describe the styles and forms of traditional and modern jazz.

Objectives: Name, define, and describe the jazz:

  1. Form called “blues”.
  2. Style called “big band”.
  3. Style called “swing”.
  4. Style called “bop”.
  5. Styles called “cool” and “modern jazz”.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to read and perform musical elements used in jazz band arrangement.

Objectives: Read and perform passages in arrangements:

  1. Using diatonic scales.
  2. Using modes.
  3. Using chords from those scales and modes.
  4. Using rhythms and meters.
  5. Requiring improvisation.

COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES
(Bulleted outcomes apply to the course)

  • 1. The graduate can integrate the knowledge and technological skills necessary to be a successful learner.
  • 2. The graduate can demonstrate how to think competently.
  1. The graduate can demonstrate how to employ mathematical knowledge.
  • 4. The graduate can demonstrate how to communicate competently.
  • 5. The graduate is sensitive to issues relating to a diverse, global society.

COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
  1. Style and Forms of Jazz.
    1. Blues
    2. Big Band
    3. Swing
    4. Bop
    5. Cool and Modern Jazz
  2. Jazz Band Performance Elements
    1. Diatonic Scales
    2. Modes
    3. Chords
    4. Rhythms and Meters
    5. Improvisation

Primary Faculty
Cook, Thomas
Secondary Faculty

Associate Dean
Ternullo, Annette
Dean
Pritchett, Marie



Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088



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