M-JP-EBDASAS

Practical Classes

4

Flexible group size. 4 to 12 students. Larger or smaller very occasionally possible in consultation with faculty.

30

4 students: 40 minutes per class, 5 students: 45 minutes per class, 6 students: 50 minutes per class, 7 students: 55 minutes per class, 8 to 12 students: 65 minutes per class. Please note that only students who earn credits count toward determining the group size. Group sizes below 4 or above 12 with different class times are sometimes possible after consultation with faculty. Class time will not be adjusted after the start of the academic year due to any change in group size.

32 hours

79 hours

Admitted to year 2 Jazz & Pop Main Subjects Piano & Keys, Bass Guitar, Double Bass or Drums. This subject can only be followed on-campus.

NOTE that selecting one elective band is compulsory in the second year Jazz & Pop. In years 2, 3 and 4 students Jazz & Pop can select up to two elective bands per year in total.

See Competencies Matrix.

Acquiring and developing adaptive and supporting accompanying skills in various styles within the domain of jazz, pop and latin music.

This module is related to the main subject module.

In this elective, students will learn how to adequately accompany someone without much preparation time and with sheet music of varying quality and sometimes in the wrong key, in various styles within the domain of jazz, pop and latin music. The elective is open to pianists, bassists and drummers. Part of the elective is accompanying (paid for by the auditioners) at entrance auditions.

Playing with and listening to peer students, feedback.

Handed out by the instructor, mainly last minute.

Accompanying entrance auditions.

Assessment by the band instructor at the end of each semester.

Creativity in varying styles, sheet music, sense of harmony, rhythmic idioms, timing and tempo control, musical interaction, reading skills, interpretation, style awareness, form principles, tonal balance, preparation, accompaniment, active participation and attitude.

The student has completed this module if being awarded a minimum grade of 5.5 at the end of the second semester.

Written assessment by the instructor at the end of both semesters. Assessment at the end of the autumn semester is formative and expressed in terms of satisfactory/unsatisfactory. It indicates a student's progress in this module. No ECs are awarded and there is no resit. Modules can only be absolved, and ECs awarded, after the end of the spring semester. The end-of-semester assessments comprise evaluations of students' performance during the rehearsals and public performances.

See the Education and Assessment Plan.