Jazz Arranging
Survey of techniques for arranging lead-sheet-based jazz compositions for medium and large jazz ensembles through score study, exercises, and live ensemble projects.
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Read, comprehend, and analyze scores for medium and large jazz ensemble
Compose for all common jazz instruments
Demonstrate sophisticated skill-level in composing contrapuntal melodies in a jazz idiom
Demonstrate mature ability to arrange for medium and large jazz ensemble using an advanced range of voicing and orchestration techniques
Source: UW Guide
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Course mapDeclared in Music: MA, Music: Performance DMA, or Music: Performance MM
- Declared in Music: MA
- Music: Performance DMA
- Music: Performance MM
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- Declared in Music: MA
- Music: Performance DMA
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Survey of standard musical techniques and devices for arranging lead-sheet-based jazz compositions for medium and large jazz ensemble through score study, musical exercises, and arranging projects for live ensembles. Topics include jazz counterpoint and melody writing; preparing arrangements through outlines and condensed scores; chord substitutions and reharmonization; ranges, timbres, notational and technical considerations of standard jazz instruments; motivic development; voicing techniques, including mechanical, spreads, upper structure triads, and voicings in 4ths, 5ths and clusters; and orchestration techniques, including couplings and concerted writing.
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Topics
- Jazz counterpoint and melody writing.
- Chord substitutions and reharmonization.
- Ranges, timbres, notational and technical considerations of standard jazz instruments.
- Motivic development.
- Voicing techniques including mechanical, spreads, upper structure triads, and voicings in 4ths, 5ths and clusters.
- Orchestration techniques including couplings and concerted writing.
Skills
- Reading, comprehending, and analyzing scores for medium and large jazz ensembles.
- Composing for all common jazz instruments.
- Composing contrapuntal melodies in a jazz idiom.
- Arranging for medium and large jazz ensembles using advanced voicing and orchestration techniques.
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