Jazz Theory I
Grades 6 – Adult
Teacher: Bob Sneider
Saturday, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Room: A710
Tuition: $320 per semester
Tuition with lessons (10% off): $288 per semester
Tuition with lessons and two or more concurrent 17-week classes or ensembles (15% off): $272 per semester
This is a yearlong course divided into two semesters.
This full-year course will introduce students to basic jazz theory, concepts and applications: scales, intervals, triads and seventh chords, altered chords, modes, the Blues (including various blues scales), common jazz rhythms, and melodic considerations. Emphasis will be on applying theory and beginning to develop jazz vocabulary through transcribing, composing and other analysis.
Prerequisite: Fundamental Musicianship: Theory & Aural Skills 1 or permission of the instructor.
How to Register
New students and students registering after mid-September: ECMS Registration Form
Continuing ECMS students may re-register online from May until September.
Paper registration forms available upon request: (585) 274-1400
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