Youth Jazz Combo
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$800.00
$800.00
Listen and React! Embrace the Dissonance! Jazz Combos focus on traditional small-group jazz from New Orleans to Swing to Bebop and modern styles. Students from elementary-age kids to adults with intermediate to advanced ability on their instrument, ability to play all major scales, good music reading skills, and some knowledge of jazz theory and chord structures can be in a combo!
What you’ll learn:
- About music theory and how to apply it to Jazz Improvisation.
- Explore intervals, chords (Major, Minor, Dominant, Half Diminished and Altered Dominant), Scales, Voice Leading, and jazz rhythms
- About Jazz history through listening and performing a wide variety of musical styles.
- How to read a lead sheet.
- How to make the music come to life through interpreting a lead sheet Learn the roles of each instrument in the small Jazz ensemble: bass lines, piano voicing, drum-set elements, etc.
Youth Jazz Combo II Tuesdays | 6:00-7:30pm
Youth Jazz Combo I Wednesdays | 6:00-7:30pm
Instructor: Paul Finkbeiner
Location: Rudolf Steiner High School
Tuition: $800 full-year; $454 half-year
