H70091z Jazz compositions and arrangements I

Faculty of Music
Winter 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Jan Jirucha, DiS. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jazz Interpretation Department – Faculty of Music – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Jazz Interpretation Department – Faculty of Music – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Prerequisites
Basic theoretical knowledge of harmony, form and general music theory.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Teach students to be able to work with basic motifs practices in creating melodies, writing tunes in different styles, modes; compositional work in individual harmonic environments.
Syllabus
  • Repeating scales, modes, tensions. Working with motif and theme-duplication, inversion, augmentation, diminution, imitation crab procedures adornment through-hole, alternating tones. Analysis melodies of songs like "In Walked Bud" Th. Monk, "Blue in Green" M. Davis - reduction melodic lines. Practical completion melodies already given touchpoints-tones, as in the famous harmonious environment (eg. Harmony "Giant Steps" by J. Coltrane) and the imaginary. Working with intervals, writing melodies in these modes, scales. Analysis of the respective tracks (eg. "Careful," J. Hall - melody abiding reduced scale) and the like.
Literature
  • Jazz Composition-Theory and Practise, Ted Pease, Berklee Press, 2003
  • Jazz Composer´s Companion, Gil Goldstein, Advance Music, 1993
Teaching methods
exercise - 2h
Assessment methods
credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Credit evaluation note: 1 z 2.
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