(a) |
Prepare, rehearse, and perform music in a jazz style in solo, small group, or large ensemble settings. |
(b) |
Analyze different elements of music such as articulation, rhythm, beat, metre, time placement, and tone that help create a jazz style, and apply this knowledge while music making. |
(c) |
Recognize and define musical forms emphasizing AABA (32-bar song form) in music that is listened to and/or performed. |
(d) |
Design (with help from the teacher), implement, and evaluate a personal plan to improve the individual performance process, and to enhance knowledge and understanding of jazz (e.g., as part of the process of improvement, include recording and listening back to the performances, practices, and/or rehearsals). |
(e) |
Explore conventions regarding jazz articulation, and use those conventions in performance. |
(f) |
Know, describe, and use proficiently in performance the standard notation conventions such as note durations up to 16th notes, Codas, D.S.s, and dynamic markings. |
(g) |
Recognize and describe standards of notation in jazz music that are different from traditional "classical" notation (e.g., falls, doits, turns, and hats, as well as notation conventions such as how off-beat quarter notes should be written). |
(h) |
Use jazz vocabulary to relate jazz theory to personal musical learning (see Jazz Glossary). |
The accompanying CD demonstrates the examples in the book.
The chapters provide an outline of helpful accessories for practicing jazz such as a metronome. Included are titles of books and materials to use, tips on the nature and content of practice and structuring practice. The content is interspersed with personal commentary and experiences and itemized lists of content. The appendices include a handy reference guide to a complete listing of play-along tunes, a guide to play-along exercises and a list of play-along tunes with useful applications.