Pop- and Jazz Theory and Arrangement (3 cr)
Code: 2X00GZ38-3002
General information
- Enrolment period
- 09.06.2025 - 31.08.2025
- Registration for the implementation has begun.
- Timing
- 01.09.2025 - 08.05.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Credits
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Music
- Campus
- TAMK Main Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 6 - 12
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Culture and Arts, Music
Objectives (course unit)
Students are able to:
• perceive and construct common triads and seventh chords
• create informative chord charts for the band
• write melodies and instrumental parts for small ensembles
• perform instrument-specific parts for band instruments in accordance with their characteristics
Content (course unit)
• Notating triads and seventh chords with real chord symbols
• Common chord progressions
• Phrasing practices in popular music and jazz
• Instrumentation and notation for band instruments
Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)
Successful completion requires the student’s active participation in the course’s face-to-face meetings and the satisfactory completion of assigned tasks.
Assessment scale
0-5
Further information
Attendance: 80 %