Vocal Improvisation Ensemble 2: Jazz

ENVC-242

This course is an intermediate ensemble for vocalists focusing on improvisation in the jazz idiom. Topics will include articulation and groove, melodic and rhythmic phrasing, embellishments, using tone colors, hearing basic instrumental patterns, blues patterns, vamps, turnarounds, and II-V progressions.

Students will write lead sheets/chord charts.

Credits
1
Prerequisites
ET-112 or ET-123, HR-112 or HR-114, and ENVC-111 or ENVC-110; or overall ensemble rating 3
Required Of
None
Electable By
Voice principals
Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring, Summer
Location
Boston
Department
VOICE
Course Chair
Anne Peckham
Taught By
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