Exploring Improvisation I

Undergraduate

The building blocks of improvisation in Western music. The development of rhythmic, melodic and harmonic vocabulary in Western music traditions with a focus on Blues and chord-scale relationships as it applies to musical styles developed in North America in the 20th century. Credit will be granted for only one of MUSI 261 or MUSI 263. Prerequisites: MUSI 108, 109. 1.5 credits.