TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	4
SEMESTER	Seventh Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	2
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) will gain the ability to vary, change or reinventing the exsisting melody of a Jazz, Blues or other populer music song style according to the original harmonic sequence
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Gaining the ability to sing authentic melodies over Jazz, Blues and other populer music styles without using the original melody.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week What is improvisation, the importance of improvistion in Jazz music, differences between instrumental and vocal improvisation, Scat, the history of Scat singing. 2nd Week The analysis of Scat singing, frequently used syllable patters, rhythmic Scat etudes, 3rd Week What to do before improvising, song analysis and form analysis. 4th Week Traditional diatonic patterns, eighth note and sixteenth note exercises and variations. 5th Week Triplets, triplet exercises, the major and pentatonic scale, pentatonic scale exercises. 6th Week Eight bar, twelve bar and sixteen bar Blues forms, the Blues scale. 7th Week Execution of the pentatonic and blues scales in Blues song forms. 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Melodic embelishments: ways to transform the melody into a solo. 10th Week Using traditional AAB Blues lyrics to improvise over a twelve bar Blues form. 11th Week Rhythmic considerations: Syllable articulations, vowels and accents 12th Week Melodic considerations: phrasing, chord tones, approach notes and target notes. 13th Week Putting together the traditional AAB Blues lyrics with an improvised melody, followed by a written then improvised solo. 14th Week Presentation of student projects.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Developing a Jazz Language (Jerry Bergonzi), Scat! Vocal Improvisation Techniques (Bob Stoloff), Complete Method for Improvisation (Jerry Coker), Blues Scattitudes ( Bob Stoloff), Jazz Improvisation (Tonal and Rhythmic Principals (John Mehegan)
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,practice
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 7 2 14 Preparation for Final exam 1 1 1 Course hours 14 2 28 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 1 1 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework Meeting with advisor 1 1 1 Performance Practice 7 2 14 Total Workload 61 Total Workload / 30 2,03 ECTS Credits of the Course 2
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No