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JAZZ1601: Jazz Performance 1
2025 unit information
This foundational unit introduces students to core principles and practices of jazz performance. Students will undertake instrument-specific principal study focused on the development of required technical foundations for high-level instrumental performance. They will be introduced to and learn to identify, analyse, apply, and evaluate foundational processes for the learning and manipulation of rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic material for improvisation, and explore their application to common jazz repertoire and performance contexts.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Jazz |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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JAZZ1006 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrate understanding and application of foundational instrument-specific technical principles and skills
- LO2. Demonstrate understanding and application of foundational processes for learning and manipulating rhythmic, harmonic and melodic material for improvisation
- LO3. Demonstrate knowledge of major, melodic minor, diminished, diminished blues, and whole-tone scales and their associated applications
- LO4. Demonstrate effective and creative application of instrumental and improvisational skills to jazz repertoire and performance contexts to an appropriate first year level.
- LO5. Demonstrate the ability to effectively reflect and evaluate individual learning processes.
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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