Jazz Theory 2

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
174JT2 ZK 4 2T Czech summer

Subject guarantor

David DORŮŽKA, Štěpánka HAVLÍČKOVÁ BALCAROVÁ, Jaromír HONZÁK

Name of lecturer(s)

Marcel BÁRTA, David DORŮŽKA, Štěpánka HAVLÍČKOVÁ BALCAROVÁ, Jaromír HONZÁK

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Study of Jazz harmony and its development in the first half of the 20th century. Basics of arranging for a combo and small jazz ensembles. Basics of jazz compositions and a study of the standards and Jazz compositions of the 1920s to 1950s.

Mode of study

Lecture

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Completion of Jazz Theory 1.

Course contents

A required course for Jazz music studies at HAMU. Two hours per week in the Winter semester of the 1st study year of the Bachelor's study.

Instruction is concluded with credit upon completion of all assignments and two larger projects based on the lecture material.

Section 1: Basics of Jazz harmony

Section 2: Arranging for a Jazz combo and small Jazz ensembles.

Section 3: Study and analysis of Jazz compositions of the 1920s-50s and students' works in this music style.

Recommended or required reading

Gunther Schuller: Early Jazz

Jim Hall: Průvodce jazzového kytaristy

Miles Davis & Quincy Troupe: Miles - The Autobiography

Robin D.G.Kelley: Thelonious Monk

Charles Mingus: Beneath the Underdog

Assessment methods and criteria

Credit at the end of the Winter semester through completion of assignments and two larger projects based on the lecture material.

Note

None

Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:

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Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:

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The subject is a part of the following study plans