| Course Title: Pop Song / Jazz Tune |
| Start Date: 09/06/2023 End Date: 12/19/2023 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2023 |
| Description: Pop and jazz involve different types of musical texts. From open mic nights to top-40 hits, pop performances are enactments of carefully crafted song structures. In contrast, jazz musicians treat tunes more flexibly-as frameworks to guide improvisation. In separate units for the pop song and the jazz tune, this course examines how harmony, melody, rhythm, lyrics, and form unite to inspire great performances in both traditions. Each unit will include nuts-and-bolts assignments to build analytical and compositional skills, which will be applied in a composition project at the end of each unit. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Benjamin Geyer | bgeyer@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 11:30AM - 12:45PM | PRAT - Pratt Memorial Music Bldg | WRBK | Weekly |
| 09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 11:30AM - 12:45PM | PRAT - Pratt Memorial Music Bldg | 101 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: MUSIC-100 or MUSIC-131 or passing Music Theory Placement Test. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 7 | Available: 11 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Charlie Parker Omnibook for C Instruments Author: , Copyright: 1978 Edition: Volume: 1 ISBN: 9780769260532 Publisher: Hal Leonard |
Recommended | 22.99 |
| Title: Popular Sheet Music: 25 Hits from 2020-2022 Author: , Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781705190197 Publisher: Hal Leonard |
Recommended | 22.99 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: We will use the first two anthologies in class and for assignments. I recommend (but don't require) that you buy them, but have also requested that they be ordered and put on reserve in the Pratt Music Library. Edit: I briefly listed a third book, /The Real Book/, but later deleted it from the book list. |