Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerpen
Koninklijk Conservatorium van Antwerpen
Improvisation Technique 311970/2805/2223/1/42
Study guide

Improvisation Technique 3

11970/2805/2223/1/42
Academic year 2022-23
Is found in:
  • Bachelor of Arts in Music, programme stage 3
    Choice option within specialisation:
    • Voice (Jazz) within Jazz
This is a single course unit.
Study load: 3 credits
Co-ordinator: Wiernik Barbara
Other teaching staff: Smedts Els
Languages: Dutch
Scheduled for: Academic year
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Possible deadlines for learning account: 31.10.2022 ()
Re-sit exam: is possible.
Possibility of deliberation: You have to pass this course unit (will never be deliberated).
Total study time: 90,00 hours

Prerequisites

Learning outcomes (list)

1.4 The student is musically creative.
The student masters basic scat syllables.
The student is capable of improvising on harmonically more advanced chord schemes.
2.2 The student makes progress through independent study.
The student can draw up an efficient study plan and follow it.
2.3 The student reads, analyses, writes and interprets music.
The student can analyse more complex vocal and instrumental solos.
The student can sing more advanced scores at sight and solo on them.
2.4 The student masters the correct playing techniques and postures.
The student has control of his or her intonation.
The student can perform pieces with uncommon time signatures and polyrhythms with good timing.
The student can sing bass notes and guide tone lines on harmonically more-advanced chord progressions.
The student can sing and implement complex licks.
The student can perform more complex technical studies (vocalises, etc).
The student can sing, where needed, patterns on backdoor 3-b3dim-2, turnarounds and other scales and progressions.
The student can play scales and arpeggios: mixolydian #11, melodic minor on 2m7b5 (with a major 9th) in all intervals and triads/four-note chords.
The student can make transcriptions of more complex vocal and instrumental solos by auditory assimilation and reproduction.

Educational organisation (list)

Learning Activities
Lectures and / or tutorials15,00 hours
Work time outside of contact hours75,00 hours

Evaluation (list)

Evaluation(s) for first exam chance
MomentForm%Remark
Academic yearArtistic skills assessment during the examination series100,00
Evaluation(s) for re-sit exam
MomentForm%Remark
2nd examination periodArtistic skills assessment during the examination series100,00