Jazz Analysis: An Introduction
JAZZ3618
The aim of this Unit of Study is to enable the student to identify and understand the various key concepts found within jazz creative practice. Musical elements such as form, content, language and style utilized by jazz artists will be examined using techniques derived from chord/scale theory, taxonomy, set theory and musical semiotics. The Unit of Study will also explore elements such as aesthetics, context, ideology, and discourse with special attention being given to modernist and postmodernist tendencies, critical theory and linguistics.
Unit of study details
Unit of study level: Senior
Credit points: 6
Commencing semesters: 1
Further unit of study information
Unit of study handbook: JAZZ3618
Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships
Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates
Available for study abroad and exchange: Yes
Our courses that offer this unit of study
- Bachelor of Music (Composition)
- Bachelor of Music (Music Education)
- Bachelor of Music (Musicology)
- Bachelor of Music (Performance)
- Bachelor of Music Studies
- Bachelor of Music Studies and Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Music Studies and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
- Music Undergraduate Non-Degree
- Music Undergraduate Cross-Institutional