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IMPR2044: Improvised Music 4
2023 unit information
Following on from Improvised Music 3, students are provided with a range of skills associated with improvisation through an engagement with fundamental principles of harmony, rhythm, sonics, improvisational process, and pre-determined/spontaneous structures, with each class containing both theoretical and practical components. In these classes students learn how to rigorously develop strong fundamentals in playing improvised music. Theoretical studies are focussed on contemporary music practices including Butch Morris' Conduction; John Zorn's Cobra; John Cage's Imaginary Landscapes; Morton Feldman's number grids.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Jazz |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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IMPR2043 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Improvise music in a variety of contexts using clear techniques
- LO2. Demonstrate intermediate practical skills relating to rhythm and meter, co-ordination, pitch, form and harmony.
- LO3. Work as an active participant in collaborative, group-based and individual creative processes.
- LO4. Present clear and concise analysis of musical works and texts in both written and oral form
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