MUSI 5750 Transcription and Analysis

This course focuses upon the transcription, notation and analysis of important jazz arrangements, compositions, and improvised solos created by the important figures in jazz spanning the various style periods. Study of these transcriptions broadens and deepens students’ understanding of the development of jazz. Each stylistic or chronological unit will end with the creation of a piece, solo or work in the style of the individual or era under study.
Credits: 3.0