PPT-Jazz Guitar 4 Beginners:

Chords amp Scales TCC GG Preparata SCALES amp MODES And Chords amp Onto our Path to Improvisation SCALES MAJOR DIATONIC SCALE That of C par excellence in that it is composed by 8 notes the eighth being the repetition of the first an octave apart. Something New. The Late 1940s. Jazz Musicians were tired of playing something that people would just dance too.. They wanted to create something that would be listened to seriously!. Differences from Dixieland. Saint Xavier University Jazz Guitar Workshop Day. November 22, 2014. Dr. Shawn Salmon, Director of Jazz Studies. Early Guitar in Jazz. Guitar was not used in jazz band as much as the banjo due to the low volume of the acoustic guitar. Creating an American Artform. Delta Blues . African-Americans in the 1800s sang about the pains of slavery, usually without any instruments.. The first blues music was created along the Mississippi Delta. This style is called Delta Blues and sometimes Country Blues.. Overview. Jazz dance was inspired by the African slave dances in the United States that Southern plantation owners would encourage their slaves to perform.  Even then, dance was seen as an . uplifting. Free Jazz. Dixieland and swing stylists improvise melodically, and bop, cool, and hard bop players follow chord structures in their solos. Free Jazz was a radical departure from past styles, for typically after playing a quick theme, the soloist does not have to follow any progression or structure and can go in any unpredictable direction. When . Jazz. Typical Instruments. Vocals. Piano. Banjo. Guitar. Double bass. Trumpet. Trombone. Saxophone. Tuba. Clarinet. Flute. Bass guitar. Drum kit. Vibraphone. Characteristics of Jazz. Because it spans music from over 100 years now, jazz can be very difficult to define. & Musical Theatre. . Dance. Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Co.. Origins of Jazz Dance. The roots of jazz dance are found in Africa.. Found in the rhythms and movements of African dance brought to the US by slaves.. Schedule 8 Juniors Seniors 5:30 - 6:30 and level p lacement (Teresa) 6:30 - 7:30 Jazz (Alexandra) 6:30 - 7:30 Broadway Jazz (Karen) 7:30 - 8:30 Broadway Jazz (Karen) 7:30 - 8:30 Jazz (Alexandra) Wed, MUH 271. Free Jazz/Avant-Garde. “avant-garde” is often associated with free jazz but encompasses a wider range of styles and artists. John Coltrane is. “in the spectrum” but not typically considered a free jazz player. All you need to know for Dance I Unit I. Jazz Terms. Jazz- a routine or combination with strict and energetic movements. Can be stylistic or smooth depending on the music and choreographer.. Personal Space- The “space bubble” that the dancer occupies, including all levels, planes, and directions both near to and far from the body’s center. -Change often stems from dissatisfaction.. -That was the case again in the 1950’s when musicians reacted against the complexity of bebop.. -For some, that meant to revive older forms of jazz, such as Dixieland and ragtime.. Critic. 'You automatically stop thinking about anything else and listen': . Phillip Larkin in 1966 .  . Larkin ignored . jazz’s development after the bebop revolution of the late Forties. . Bop is “nervous . Mass Media in the Jazz Age. Cultural Conflicts. The Jazz Age. The 1920s were a time of rapid social change in which many people . –. particularly women . –. adopted new lifestyles and attitudes.. Shirley Thompson. ESL Consultant, Teacher Trainer. Ellen Myers . English Language Fellow. Goals for this Session:. to introduce (or re-introduce) you to . Carolyn Graham’s Jazz Chants. .. to show you how I introduce and practice chants in my classes.