Jazz harmony, ear training and ensembles: advanced

- Recognise simple & compound intervals, natural and altered tensions over chords
- Develop short-term memory for motif, pattern, etc.
- Sing, write and use modes of major, harmonic minor, melodic minor scales, altered and diminished sounds
- Transcribe single lines and chord progressions quickly and accurately
- have mastered some challenging repertoire e.g. Blue in green, Stella by starlight, bossa nova classics
- Invent solo and backing ideas by ear
- Demonstrate good practice when playing in an ensemble (rhythm section or front line)
- Improve your response in playing situations
- Lead a jazz ensemble
- show greater expertise in matters of writing/arranging.

Please bring manuscript paper, a course file, your instrument and you may also want to buy CDs or download tracks for study.

All practical, lots of singing, transcribing musical ideas, and playing exercises and jazz standards together. You will also rehearse for gigs, and have the opportunity to arrange a tune for players in the group.