Degree program

School: Jazz School

Department : Department of New Technologies and Music Languages

A1 - Course title : Course of First Level Academic Degree (Bachelor Degree) in Jazz Double Bass

Educational goals

On completion of their First Level Academic Degree in Jazz Double Bass, students will have acquired technical knowledge and specific skills to enable them to bring their own artistic ideas to practical fruition.
To this end, the course will focus on the most representative instrumental repertoire – including ensemble music – and on the related performance practices also for the purpose of developing the student’s ability to interact within different kinds of musical ensembles.
Such goals will also be achieved by fostering the development of aural perception and memorization as well as by acquiring specific knowledge concerning organizational, compositional and analytical music models and their interaction.
Specific care will be devoted to learning adequate postural and emotional control techniques.
At the end of the three-year course, students will have acquired in-depth knowledge of both general and specific stylistic, historical and aesthetic aspects in relation to their own field of study.
Moreover, in regard to the specific nature of each single course, students will be required to possess appropriate skills relating to improvisation.
A further educational goal is the acquisition of suitable computer music abilities as well as competence in a second EU foreign language.

Employment prospects

The course provides students with the opportunity to work in the following fields:
– jazz and popular solo performance
– jazz and popular ensemble performance
– jazz and popular orchestra performance

Teachers

Study Plan

Type of educational activitySubject areaCodeSubjectCredits (CFA)Teaching hours/Personal studyingOptional/MandatoryTeaching methodAssessment criteria
First year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training - 1 225/25
100.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Music theory225/25
100.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/06History of jazz - 1320/55
36.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/06Jazz composition and performance analysis - 1424/76
32.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesJazz, improvisation and audiotactile music performanceCOMJ/09Piano for jazz instruments and singing - 1412/88
14.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Sight-singing, intonation and rhythm - 1220/30
67.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitiesJazz, improvisation and audiotactile music performanceCOMJ/03Performance practice and repertoires - 11730/395
8.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/04Jazz harmony - 1424/76
32.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/06Creative interaction within small, medium and large ensemble - 1624/126
19.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/08Music improvisation techniques - 1324/51
47.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Music editing and digital publishing - 1318/57
32.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Final examination related activities and foreign language knowledgeLanguagesCODL/02EU foreign language320/55
36.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Free-Choice Activities7Mandatory
Second year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training - 2225/25
100.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Sight-singing, intonation and rhythm - 2220/30
67.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/06History of jazz - 2320/55
36.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/06Jazz composition and performance analysis - 2424/76
32.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesJazz, improvisation and audiotactile music performanceCOMJ/09Piano for jazz instruments and singing - 2412/88
14.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesJazz, improvisation and audiotactile music performanceCOMJ/03Performance practice and repertoires - 21730/395
8.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/04Jazz harmony - 2424/76
32.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/06Creative interaction within small, medium and large ensemble - 2624/126
19.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsQualifying examination
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/08Music improvisation techniques - 2324/51
47.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesMusic entertainment organization and communicationCOCM/01Live music entertainment law and legislation320/55
36.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Supplementary ActivitiesEducationCODD/07Physiopathology of instrumental/vocal performance215/35
43.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Supplementary ActivitiesElectronic music and sound technologyCOME/05Music editing and digital publishing - 2318/57
32.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesQualifying examination
Free-Choice Activities7Mandatory
Third year total credits (CFA): 60
Basic ActivitiesTheory-Analysis-PracticeCOTP/06Ear training - 3225/25
100.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/04History of musical forms and repertoires320/55
36.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/06Jazz composition and performance analysis - 3424/76
32.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Basic ActivitiesJazz, improvisation and audiotactile music performanceCOMJ/09Piano for jazz instruments and singing - 3412/88
14.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Basic ActivitiesMusicologyCODM/06History of jazz - 3320/55
36.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitiesJazz, improvisation and audiotactile music performanceCOMJ/03Performance practice and repertoires - 31730/395
8.00%
MandatoryIndividual lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesCompositionCODC/04Jazz composition techniques424/76
32.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/06Creative interaction within small, medium and large ensemble - 3624/126
19.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Core ActivitiesEnsemble performanceCOMI/08Music improvisation techniques - 3324/51
47.00%
MandatoryGroup lessonsExam
Supplementary ActivitiesMusic entertainment organization and communicationCOCM/01Live performance agreements220/30
67.00%
MandatoryCollective coursesExam
Free-Choice Activities4Mandatory
Final Examination8MandatoryExam