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Theorie in Jazz und Klassik

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Subject according curriculum
Theory in jazz and classical music
Teachers
Prof. Sebastian Sprenger
Scope
Thursday 13:30 - 14:30 Start: 10. 4. 2025
Room
BP 201
Duration
eine Semesterwochenstunde
Description

Link between elementary (melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, etc.) phenomena in Western art music and jazz, e.g. basso continuo and comping; mutual influences and interactions, e.g. influences of late Romantic and Impressionist harmony, 12-tone technique and the modal sound world of Olivier Messiaen on the development of jazz music; parallel developments in the 20th and 21st centuries, e.g. various forms of microtonality in Ivan Vyshnegradsky, Julián Carrillo and Harry Partch (among others) as well as in Nils Wogram, Jacob Collier, David Fiuczynski and Philipp Gerschlauer; comparison of polyrhythmic techniques, for example in György Ligeti and Tigran Hamasyan; influences from non-Western traditions (e. g. (e.g. South Indian modality and rhythm in Vijay Iyer), asymmetrical and diatonic rhythms in intercultural comparison (Aksak typology by Simha Arom); (re-)harmonization techniques

Literature

Petzold, Matthias: Harmonics in jazz improvisation, Brühl 2021
Terefenko, Dariusz: Jazz Theory. From Basic to Advanced Study, New York (Routledge) 2018
Tymoczko, Dmitri: A Geometry of Music. Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice, Oxford University Press 2011

Credits
2 Creditpoints
Comments

Enrollment:
https://elearning.hfmt-hamburg.de/course/view.php?id=517
Enrollment key: Jazz

This seminar is a two-semester course starting in the winter semester of each year.

Compulsory subject BA Jazz, qualified applicants from other subject groups can also take part. Prerequisite: passed final examination of Jazz Basics

Modules
Musiktheorie 2 Jazz