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"Composition is slowed down improvisation," and both disciplines deal with the same challenge — how to organize and present ideas in a coherent fashion.

One of the most common misconceptions about jazz is that it is spun out of the air in a totally impromptu manner. This notion exists because many small jazz groups do not read music when they play. The truth of the matter is that what those musicians are actually doing is spontaneously creating a very sophisticated form of theme and variations

The framework is flexible so that the soloists may shorten or lengthen their improvisations depending on the inspiration of the moment. The other players, then, have a responsibility to react to what has preceded them

It is best to introduce the sol-fa names by learning to recognise the intervals in familiar nursery songs.

Start by teaching your little one So-Mi, which in the scale of C is G and E and sounds like “cuckoo” or “see-saw.”

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TaskYou, either alone or with two to four classmates will plan 5 different trips to attend and critique 5 different pop music performaces around the country and around the world. Two of these events must be outside the US.Your final product will be an Avid binder that includes the following documents:There are 5 components (tabs) to this project for each event:Spotify playlist (email link to class website)In order of attended EventsSchool appropriateLogistics/itinerary sheetMust make sense and be able to implement in real timeMusical Element observation sheetComplete sentence for each of the  element.BeatMeterDynamicsHarmonyMelodyPitchRhythmTempoTextureTimbrFinal ReflectionA 5-sentence paragraph on why you chose this artistA 5-sentence paragraph on why you chose the city.A 5-sentence paragraph on what you learned and found most interesting.

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