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Status: Active
SUNY ID: 167015
Full Title: Jazz Theory I
Level: Lower Division (UG)
CIP: 5009 Music

MCO 1015
Jazz Theory I

3 credits

The core music theory curriculum for jazz studies students provides a basic foundation leading to proficiency within jazz harmony. Students gain complete facility in major, minor, and dominant seventh scales in every interval, in all 12 keys. Application includes comprehensive abilities within basic foundational harmony, often referred to as II?7, V7, I. This understanding of harmony is immediately put to practical use in standard song forms, some of which are also learned in all 12 keys. Limited to jazz studies majors.