Topics covered this semester will include:
Transcription Techniques
Transcription and analysis techniques
Analysis
The ii7-V7-I∆7 progression and resolution techniques
The ii7-V7-i-7 progression and resolution techniques
Alternate turnarounds and cycles
Ornamentation
Major embellishing devices
Minor embellishing devices
Chromatic neighboring tones
Modes
The Aeolian mode
The Locrian mode
The Lydian Mode
The Phrygian Mode
Modes of the melodic minor scale
Scales
Bebop major and minor scales
The Diminished Scale
The Whole Tone Scale
Progressions
Rhythm Changes
Giant Step Changes
Chord substitutions