(a) |
Listen to jazz music and independently analyze form, tone, style, era, dynamics, articulation, time signature, characteristic rhythms, time, balance, blend, key, and/or pitch. |
(b) |
Analyze the development of the jazz music (head, arrangement, or improvisation) as a whole or in smaller sections. |
(c) |
Analyze and reflect on the structure of the chord progression and the potential development of the chord progression. |
(d) |
Analyze the characteristic sounds, licks, tone and and other elements of well-known players and/or groups. |
(e) |
Identify performers and/or groups on recordings just by listening to the characteristic sounds or ideas presented in the music. |
(f) |
Analyze and reflect on just one instrument from the beginning to the end of the musical selection (e.g., Did the player play the same way all the way through? How was it different or the same? What did he/she play that the student also might be able to play?) |
(g) |
Analyze and reflect on the melody, bass line, fills (including drums and percussion) background lines, chord progression, roots, and sing along with the recording. |
(h) |
Discuss the history, cultural heritage, and effect of current events as these apply to the musical selection. |