Advanced Improvisation Techniques for Bass

Department - BASS
Offered - Fall, Spring
Course number - PSBS-425

Application of modern and traditional techniques of improvisation for bass. Creating melodic and harmonic concepts through the tools of scales, arpeggios, modal harmony, reharmonization, and rhythmic interpretation. Analysis and application of the principles of harmonic progression in improvisation.

Credits: 2
Course Chair: Steve Bailey
Prerequisites: Overall ensemble rating 5
Required of: None
Electable by: Bass principals