Lecture 4
Chords and Forms (2)/Roles of Instruments/Improvisation

A. Announcements

B. Recap from Last Week

1. Instrumentation (2): Wind Instruments

2. Chords

3. Forms (1): An Introduction

C. Today’s Class

A. The Blues

1. Introduction

2. Lyric Structure

3. Chord Progression

4. Musical Examples

B. A-A-B-A

1. Introduction

2. Structure

3. Musical Examples

C. Others

A. Listening Experience

1. Introduction

2. Listening Process

a) Overall Listening

b) Focus on Instruments

B. Interaction Between Improviser and Rhythm Section

1. Key Terms

2. Improvising

3. Roles of Rhythm Section (Revisited)

C. Another Listening Quiz! (Again, just for fun)

A. Reading

1. This Lecture

a) Gridley, p. 397-400

b) Gridley, p. 401-403 (Before "Tone Color")

c) Gridley, p. 14-20; 28-30

d) Gridley, p. 392-397 (start at "The Blues", end at "Detecting Other forms")

2. Next Lecture

a) Gridley, p. 32-49 (Not part of the exam 1)

B. Listening Experience (Gridley p. 11-13)

a) "Shaw ‘Nuff", Jazz Classics CD, track 39

b) Any other piece you want

c) Try to write down your impressions

C. Listening an Reading (Not for Exam 1)

1. Street Cries

a) Gridley, p. 48 (Listening Guide for Street Cries)

b) Jazz Classics CD, Track 1-2

2. African American Sequence

a) Gridley, p. 49-51 (Listening Guide for African American Sequence)

b) Jazz Classics CD, Tracks 3-6