Principle:Instructionfacilitatestheconstructionofdeepconceptualandproceduralknowledge.

Theinterdisciplinaryinstructionincludedwithinthisunitisdesignedtogivestudentsa
deeperunderstandingofhowtoconstructanauralimageforimprovisationconstruction
through.ByusingthestylisticexampleofHardBopimprovisationandhowitcompares
toKandinskyspaintingImprovisation28,studentswillhaveavisualrepresentationfor
jazzimprovisationwithintheHardBopcontext.Proceduralactivitieswhichfollowthe
comparisonoutlinedabove,alongwithperceptivelisteningactivitiesgivestudentsa
practicalunderstandingofdevelopingcreative,stylisticallyappropriatesolos,askill
whichistransferabletoothergenres.

Principle:Instructionfacilitatesthedevelopmentofrepresentationsandconceptualmodels.

Duetotheauralnatureofimprovisation,constructingaperceptionofsoundisavery
importantfacettoastudentsdevelopment.Specifically,auralunderstandingofchord
progressionsaswellasapracticalunderstandingofchordprogressionswithinthe
contextofjazzimprovisation.Theseconceptsmustbeunderstoodinorderforastudent
tobeabletodevelopanaestheticallypleasingimprovisation.

Principle:Instructioninductsstudentsintothediscipline.

Listeningactivitieswhichrequireperceptivelisteningsuchasthelisteningassignment
willhelptoprovidestudentswithanauralpictureofwhatthestyleshouldsoundlike.
Thisisanexploratoryassignment,whereinstudentswillbeexploringmultipleartists
takeonagenrebylisteningtohighquality,authenticexamplesoftheremusic.Notonly
willtheybelisteningbuttheywillalsobecreatingresponsesbasedonwhattheyare
hearingwhichdescribe,andexplainelementsofmusic.

Principle:Instructionfacilitatestheapplicationofnewlearningsandunderstandingsinnewand
novelsituations(transfer).

Directinstructionfollowedcloselywithexperimentalapplicationofnewconceptssuchas
jazzimprovisationwillprovideprovidestudentswithtransferableskills.Skillsliketheme
development,stylisticallyappropriateplaying/singing,onasimplechordprogression
providesstudentswithagoodplatformforimprovisinginotherstylesaswellasanother
outletforexpression.Listeningisaprimaryfacettoimprovisation.Thisskilliseasily
transferableinthatstudentswillultimatelyhavetheabilitytoconstructnewauralimages
inothergenreswhichwillmakethemmoresensitivemusicians.