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Intermediate Level

Students should be able to play an instrument at a beginner level and be familiar with basic music notation.

Approx. 14 hours to complete
English

What you will learn

  • Use storytelling as a tool to improve your improvisation

  • Practice and use various scales to improve your improvisation skills

  • Identify harmonic motion in a song

  • Use guide tones and guide tone lines when you're improvising

Skills you will gain

  • Music Performance
  • Music
  • Jazz
  • Jazz Improvisation
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Intermediate Level

Students should be able to play an instrument at a beginner level and be familiar with basic music notation.

Approx. 14 hours to complete
English

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Berklee

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1
Week 1
1 hour to complete

Welcome to Jazz Improvisation

1 hour to complete
3 videos (Total 9 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz
2 hours to complete

Improvisation as a Language

2 hours to complete
4 videos (Total 14 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes
Week2
Week 2
3 hours to complete

The Improviser's Vocabulary

3 hours to complete
6 videos (Total 24 min), 4 readings, 3 quizzes
Week3
Week 3
3 hours to complete

Making Scale Choices in Real Time

3 hours to complete
7 videos (Total 18 min), 1 reading, 3 quizzes
Week4
Week 4
3 hours to complete

Harmony for Improvisers

3 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 20 min), 2 readings, 3 quizzes

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