Courses

A wide range of courses are offered at the NYU Summer Guitar Intensive. You can attend as many of the courses listed below as you want but you must have the text for the course in order to participate. You can take these courses for credit or non-credit.  All 2 hour courses will have a one hour lecture followed by a select number of students rehearsing with one of the great musicians of New York City.  This rehearsal will be with one or two students only each day and a sign up sheet will be provided for sign up.  Pete and Bruce will also be giving a private lesson during this rehearsal time to each student.  The rest of the students will have an hour practice period.  New York musicians rely heavily on sight reading skills.  It is highly recommended you begin reading out of the New York Guitar Method Ensemble books as soon as you have been accepted into the program.  Modal Theory and Application Instructor: Pete McCann Course covers all common scales used in improvisation with an emphasis on developing your own original style along with practical application. Required book: New York Guitar Method Volume One 40.00 USD See Book List Page for more information. Topics to be discussed include: Chord Scale Relationships Scales relationships based on aural comprehension Modal Sequencing Articulation Chord and Melodic Re-harmonization using Scales Fingering Pattern considerations It is highly recommended that you get the books for these courses prior to attending the Summer Intensive. After receiving the books please contact Bruce for assignments to prepare yourself for the course. Mr Arnold can also recommend some books to get started with now if you want to get a jump on the summer information. Please contact him if you want to do this. Approach Note Theory and Application Instructor: Bruce Arnold Course covers usage of Approach Note figures in various styles of Jazz and Contemporary Music with an emphasis on developing your own original style along with practical application. Ear Training concepts are also included in this course. Many guests from the above faculty list will join in on various days to play and participate in the class. Required book: New York Guitar Method Volume Two 40.00 USD See Book List Page for more information. Topics to be discussed include: Approach Note Theory as it relates to: BeBop Post BeBop Chromatic Playing Reharmonization with Approach Note Lines Superimposition with Approach Note Lines Application to scales Advanced Approach Note Concepts It is highly recommended that you get the books for these courses prior to attending the Summer Intensive. After receiving the books please contact Bruce for assignments to prepare yourself for the course. Mr Arnold can also recommend some books to get started with now if you want to get a jump on the summer information. Please contact him if you want to do this. Set Theory for Improvisation Instructor: Bruce Arnold Course covers usage of various Pitch Class set combinations for soloing, comping or composition. Required book: Sonic Resource Guide 50.00 USD MY MUSIC: Explorations in the Application of 12 Tone Techniques to Jazz Composition and Improvisation 19.99 USD See Book List Page for more information. Pitch Class Set theory will cover: Integer Notation Prime Sets Composition, Improvisation and Chordal use of the following Pitch Class Set Types: DiTonic Tritonic TetraTonic Pentatonic Hexatonic Heptatonic Octatonic Nonatonic Decatonic Hendecontonic Dodecatonic Harmonic and Melodic Superimposition Bi Tonal Pendulums Many of the above courses talk a lot about your aural recognition of sound and how that relates to becoming a master musician.  If it highly recommended that you purchase the Ear Training Books and begin study from these books prior to attending the Intensive.  This will allow you the get the most out of the session.  These two books are recommended for Ear Training. Ear Training One Note Complete   39.99 USD Fanatic's Guide to Sight Singing and Ear Training  31.50 USD It is highly recommended that you get the books for these courses prior to attending the Summer Intensive. After receiving the books please contact Bruce for assignments to prepare yourself for the course. Mr Arnold can also recommend some books to get started with now if you want to get a jump on the summer information. Please contact him if you want to do this. Rhythmic Training for Instrumentalist Instructor: Tony Moreno The classes will present a variety of rhythmic studies to develop the student's overall sense of time as both soloist and accompanist. Meter studies (both fixed and moving), metric modulation, clave/ostinato studies, tempo changes, note groupings and rhythmic subdivisions are among the topics for study. How these ideas relate to harmony and melodic construction will be discussed, as well as: the function of the rhythm section; how musicians can study these ideas together in a group setting; and how these applications may be applied to composition and improvisation. Rhythmic Studies for All Instruments   25.00 USD Guitar Ensemble Instructor: Staff A sight reading class working from either New York Guitar Method Ensemble Book One or Two.  Students highly deficient in reading skills will work from  New York Guitar Method Ensemble Primer Book Two.  You will audition for placement in these guitar ensembles.  The better you ability the more you will be playing with the top guitarists attending the Intensive.  It is highly recommended you sight read one hour a day in preparation for this required course using the New York Guitar Method Books. Depending on Level: New York Guitar Method Primer Ensemble Book Two   19.99 USD New York Guitar Method Ensemble Book Volume One  40.00 USD New York Guitar Method Ensemble Book Volume Two  40.00 USD Auditions will be held the first day to place you in an ensemble that is appropriate for you level. You will be working out of one of the following books New York Guitar Method Ensemble Primer Book Two New York Guitar Method Ensemble Book One New York Guitar Method Ensemble Book Two

Bruce Arnold giving a lecture and NYU Summer Jazz Guitar Intensive students jamming.

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