MUSI 016. Jazz Theory and Analysis

Jazz Theory and Analysis will survey the development of tonal and modal jazz theory from the early twentieth century until the late 1960s. During this time, the jazz genre itself
metamorphosed extensively, as seen in the chronology of its principal styles: pre-jazz music and ragtime, to early jazz, to swing, to bebop, to modal, and then to postbop. Since the postbop jazz of the 1960s, the theory of its tonal-modal styles and the chord-scale interactions that connect them have achieved relative stability. The evolution of jazz theory along with the analysis of selected jazz compositions and improvisations will be the focus of the class.
Upper Level Music Theory Course
Prerequisite: MUSI 11 and MUSI 12 or Permission of the Instructor
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Spring 2023. Martin.

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