JAZZ CLASS PIANO

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: MUS PERF 102 or placement into MUS PERF 103 and declared in Music, Music: Performance BM, or Music: Education BM Course Designation: Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explore the role of the piano in the jazz ensemble and its relationship to other instruments. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Construct idiomatically appropriate jazz chord voicings and walking bass lines from chord symbols supplied in a lead sheet format. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Perform stylistically appropriate melodies and accompaniments in medium swing, jazz ballad, Bossa Nova, and jazz waltz styles. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Perform two independent parts (two of: bass line, chord comping, and melody/improvisation) simultaneously (one in each hand), and include rudimentary improvisation in their performance. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Continue their development of sound technical skills for the piano through their work with scales, arpeggios, and repertoire. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explore the role of the piano in the jazz ensemble and its relationship to other instruments. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Construct idiomatically appropriate jazz chord voicings and walking bass lines from chord symbols supplied in a lead sheet format. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Perform stylistically appropriate melodies and accompaniments in medium swing, jazz ballad, Bossa Nova, and jazz waltz styles. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Perform two independent parts (two of: bass line, chord comping, and melody/improvisation) simultaneously (one in each hand), and include rudimentary improvisation in their performance. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Continue their development of sound technical skills for the piano through their work with scales, arpeggios, and repertoire. Audience: Undergraduate