LEVEL 3- INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED

• Continual Development in Jazz Improvisation
• Continued Development in Piano Technique and Reading Skils (if needed)
• Continual development in melodic and harmonic skills through theory and practice
• Discussion of potential future with jazz and "gigging" strategies
• Continual development in ear training and listening skills
• Building of jazz repertoire

Piano Technique:

• Continued development of reading (if needed)
• Through Card Exercises (CE) and metronome, practice of 4 and 5 note open-position chords
• Through CE and metronome, learning of "exotic" 7th chords
• Through CE and metronome, learning of altered dominants

Jazz Improvisation:

• Difference between phrase and chord/scale based improvisation
• Use of repetition and sequencing in solos
• Application of transcriptions to improvising
• Soloing over altered harmony
• Passing tones as relevant to bebop language

Jazz Repertoire:

• Establishment of a list of tunes to learn for different functions (i.e. cocktail gig, jam session...)

Ear Training:

• Transcriptions of jazz solos with emphasis on acquiring feel of person being transcribed
• Trascription of jazz solos with emphasis on learning melodic phrases

Jazz Theory:

• Simple reharmonization including diatonic reharm and tri-tone substitutions
• Continued exploration into altered harmony
• Melodic Minor modes

Work Strategies:

• Discuss possible roles and application of jazz in student's future
• Discuss different opportunites to play jazz in different ensembles and network