Jazz Improvisation

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Jazz Improvisation

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About this course: Learn the basic concepts of improvisation from Gary Burton, one of the most renowned improvisers in the jazz world, including the mental, melodic, and harmonic processes that contribute to the instinctive skills that an improviser puts to use when taking a solo. While many people are fans of jazz and understand that musicians are often “making up” the notes they are playing during a performance, most people—often including musicians, themselves, who are beginning to learn improvising—aren’t clear about what exact processes take place to enable this to happen. The purpose of this course is to introduce the basic concepts of modern improvisation and how to go about mast…

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When you enroll for courses through Coursera you get to choose for a paid plan or for a free plan

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About this course: Learn the basic concepts of improvisation from Gary Burton, one of the most renowned improvisers in the jazz world, including the mental, melodic, and harmonic processes that contribute to the instinctive skills that an improviser puts to use when taking a solo. While many people are fans of jazz and understand that musicians are often “making up” the notes they are playing during a performance, most people—often including musicians, themselves, who are beginning to learn improvising—aren’t clear about what exact processes take place to enable this to happen. The purpose of this course is to introduce the basic concepts of modern improvisation and how to go about mastering the different musical and mental skills involved. Course author Gary Burton codifies a sought-after approach to improvisation that has been at the core of Berklee College of Music's curriculum for decades. Students who complete this course will know what to practice and how to practice the various aspects of improvising, in addition to understanding how the improviser spontaneously communicates to the listeners through their musical creations.

Created by:  Berklee
  • Taught by:  Gary Burton

Level Intermediate Commitment 6 weeks of study, 3-6 hours/week Language English, Subtitles: Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Chinese (Simplified) How To Pass Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. User Ratings 4.8 stars Average User Rating 4.8See what learners said Задания курса

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Syllabus


WEEK 1


Welcome to Jazz Improvisation
Welcome to the course! Here we will cover all the details about the course and what you'll need to know to get the most out of your experience.


3 videos, 7 readings, 1 practice quiz expand


  1. Video: Welcome to Jazz Improvisation
  2. Тренировочный тест: What Are Your Goals?
  3. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Connect on Facebook and Join the Weekly Twitter Chats
  4. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Meet Your Teaching Assistant
  5. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Getting to Know You
  6. Video: How this Course Works
  7. Video: Learning Music Online
  8. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: How to Record Yourself for Assignments
  9. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Learner Support
  10. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Peer Review Assignments
  11. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Course Certificates


Improvisation as a Language



Since everybody who is taking this course starts from a different place in terms of their experience as an improviser, it's important at first to cover some basic material. We'll begin our journey by exploring the language used by jazz improvisors. Improvisation is analogous to language in many ways. With music, we become fluent when the vocabulary (scales and chords) and grammar (harmonic progressions) are assimilated into conversational content or story (melodic themes and structure) and we no longer have to consciously think about them while we play.


4 videos, 1 reading expand


  1. Video: Improvisation Study
  2. Video: The Relationship Between Spoken Language & Music
  3. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Spoken Language and Improvised Music
  4. Video: Story-Telling
  5. Video: Creating Your Assignment (week 2)
  6. Вопрос для обсуждения: Improvisation as a Language
  7. Элемент LTI: Peer Learning Exercise: Improvisation as a Language

Graded: SELF ASSESSMENT: Improvisation as a Language

WEEK 2


The Improviser's Vocabulary
In this lesson, we'll explore the improviser's lingo. We'll identify the most common chord scales and the type of harmony they relate to including major, minor, and dominant 7.


6 videos, 2 readings, 1 practice quiz expand


  1. Video: The Improviser's Vocabulary
  2. Video: Learning Scales
  3. Video: 10 Most Important Scales
  4. Video: The Modes
  5. Video: Dominant 7 Scale Choices
  6. Video: Using Chord Scales
  7. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: The 7 Modes from Brightest to Darkest
  8. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: 3 Additional Scales
  9. Тренировочный тест: Identify the Scale
  10. Вопрос для обсуждения: Understanding Others' Vocabulary
  11. Элемент LTI: Peer Learning Exercise: Expanding Your Vocabulary

Graded: SELF ASSESSMENT: Understanding Others' Vocabulary

WEEK 3


Making Scale Choices in Real Time



Improvisers must be able to quickly recall chord scales and be able to play around on them fluently. This becomes important when choosing which chord scale to use on a given harmony—another thing we must be able to determine immediately. When a new tune is put in front of you at a session or a rehearsal, there isn't time to take the music home and spend an hour or two working out the correct scales. Improvisers need a quick, mostly intuitive way of making these scale choices in real time as the tune is being played. This week, we'll explore my method for making these quick musical decisions.


7 videos, 1 practice quiz expand


  1. Video: Choosing a Chord Scale
  2. Video: Finding the Correct Major Scale
  3. Video: Chord Scale Method
  4. Video: Finding the Correct Minor Chord Scale
  5. Video: Minor Examples
  6. Video: Finding the Correct Dominant Chord Scale
  7. Тренировочный тест: Scale Choices
  8. Video: Creating Your Assignment (week 4)
  9. Вопрос для обсуждения: 500 Miles High
  10. Элемент LTI: Peer Learning Exercise: Finding the Right Scale

Graded: SELF ASSESSMENT: 500 Miles High

WEEK 4


Harmony for Improvisers



It is important for an improviser to clearly imply the harmonies when improvising. It is not enough to just play correct notes on each chord. In this lesson we'll examine how the improviser helps the harmonies move. Part of the improviser's job is to help the listener follow the changes as the chords move from one to another.


5 videos, 1 practice quiz expand


  1. Video: Harmonic Motion
  2. Video: Guide-Tones
  3. Video: Using Guide-Tone Lines
  4. Video: Harmonic Motion 2
  5. Тренировочный тест: Harmony
  6. Video: Creating Your Assignment (week 5)
  7. Вопрос для обсуждения: Memories of Tomorrow
  8. Элемент LTI: Peer Learning Exercise: Improvising with Guide Tones

Graded: SELF ASSESSMENT: Memories of Tomorrow

WEEK 5


Theme and Variation



This week we will discuss how the improviser develops melodic themes in a solo. As mentioned in week 1, there are natural comparisons between speech and improvising that illustrate how this functions. The most common technique for telling a musical story that engages the listener for the duration of your solo is by using a traditional concept called theme and variation. That is, you introduce a theme—a musical phrase—then repeat it, making variations on it to develop an interesting storyline. A good solo is like an explanation, or a good story. The explanation or story is the content of improvisation.


8 videos, 2 readings, 1 practice quiz expand


  1. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Lesson 5 Learning Targets
  2. Video: Theme
  3. Video: The Unfolding of a Story
  4. Video: Three Characteristics of Melodic Form
  5. Video: Variation
  6. Video: Musical Sentences
  7. Video: Analyzing Songs
  8. Тренировочный тест: Theme and Variation
  9. Video: Conclusion
  10. Video: Creating Your Assignment (week 6)
  11. Материал для самостоятельного изучения: Course Evaluation

Graded: Peer Learning Exercise: Theme and Variation

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