jazz program

When you teach Jazz Clues, and students have read the melody… do you give them time to “know” the RH melody so they can play without the page before adding LH? Basically, how do you determine student readiness for the LH clue? I have them…

• Last updated 6 years ago
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I am wondering if anyone here has experience with high school jazz bands. One of my student’s parents emailed me telling me her daughter wanted to try out. She is a very talented student, quick learner, hard worker, etc. But she has only just finished…

• Last updated 6 years ago
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This program is fantastic and I’m just getting started. I have one question though. How is the Audio Recording used? The Jazz Band audio recording is absolutely the best part! Once you can play the various chords easily in each project for each song the…

• Last updated 12 years ago
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“…. (Do) we learn every jazz piece first as a solo with the JC1, then go back to the beginning of the book and learn every piece with JC2, and then again start at the beginning of the book and learn ensemble playing for each…

• Last updated 12 years ago
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I am wondering if some of us use the words “composition” and “improvisation” interchangeably. My understanding is that only if it is written it is a composition. Is this correct? So when teachers email about “composition” with pre-reading students, do they actually mean “improvisation” or…

• Last updated 12 years ago
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