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Stage Band, Grade 11 (AMH3M) – An Exploration of Jazz Styles and Improvisation Techniques, Unit Plan

by | Mar 5, 2016 | 2009 Curriculum Support, Jazz, Lesson Plans, Unit Plans

Students will explore a variety of Jazz styles while focussing on more advanced improvisation techniques.
Lessons include: Chords, Progressions and Major Scales; Modal Scales; Rhythm Changes; II -V – I Progressions
Lesson 1 – Chords, Progressions and Major Scales
Lesson 2 – In The Mode
Lesson 3 – I Got Rhythm
Lesson 4 – Making The Changes ii-V-I

Develop facility in the recognition and construction of commonly used jazz chords. Develop facility with the creative process when creating and improvising with the major scale over diatonic jazz chord progressions. Develop facility using technological tools when creating and improvising
Develop facility with the creative process when improvising with modal scales. Develop facility with the identification and construction of modal scales. Develop facility using technological tools when improvising.
Develop facility in recognizing the elements of the rhythm changes progression and the construction of the appropriate scales for imrpovisation (blues, major, pentatonic and mixolydian). Develop facility with the creative process when applying the various scales (blues, major, pentatonic and mixolydian) while improvising over the 32 bar rhtyhm changes progression. Develop facility using technological tools when improvising
Develop facility in recognizing the elements of the II-V-I progression and the construction of the appropriate scales for imrpovisation (major, dorian and mixolydian). Develop facility with the creative process when applying the various scales (major, dorian and mixolydian) while improvising over the II-V-II progression in various keys. Develop facility using technological tools when improvising