MUSC 32400 - Commercial Applied Bass

This course is private instruction to promote and cultivate advanced bass techniques with emphasis on real-world commercial applications that include sight reading, reading chord charts, playing in diverse styles with other musicians.

Preparation for Course
P: Department permission required. Restricted to students admitted to a program in the School of Music.

Cr. 2.
Notes
May be repeated for credit.
Lab fee for material costs and studio maintenance.
Student Learning Outcomes
1. Analyze, construct, and apply chord structures, scales, and arpeggios across the instrument in multiple positions to create a bass line at the level appropriate to published benchmarks.
2. Interpret and accurately perform standard notation for the instrument as applied to the repertoire and level appropriate to published benchmarks.
3. Translate, realize, and transpose Letter charts and Nashville Number charts as applied to the repertoire and level appropriate to published benchmarks.
4. Prepare, interpret, and perform a curated set of style-appropriate pieces, defending stylistic decisions (tone, articulation, groove, phrasing) as applied to the repertoire and level appropriate to published benchmarks.
5. Analyze and lock with common drum grooves (straight-8ths, swing, shuffle, half-time, funk), design complementary patterns/voicings, and evaluate pocket and consistency using metronome/DAW metrics.