The blues is an American art form and the most important musical form in jazz. Although there are other formal paradigms of the blues, such as 8-bar or 16-bar, this course focuses on different incarnations of the 12-bar blues. There are considerable differences between Early Jazz blues, Swing blues, Bebop blues, Modal blues, and Post Bop blues. Each type has its unique harmonic syntax, melodic vocabulary and, associated with them, improvisational techniques. While other aspects of jazz performance practice have been constantly changing from one stylistic convention to another, the blues has never lost its identity and expressive power, and continues to exert a powerful influence on the harmonic and melodic syntax of jazz. This seven-week course explores important aspects of the blues, blues improvisation, basic keyboard textures, jazz harmonic and melodic syntax. Topics include: (1) Blues Progressions; (2) Blues and Other Scales; (3) Improvisational Tools, and others. This course will also cover valuable theoretical concepts enabling the student to master the art of jazz improvisation. Each topic will be introduced from a practical perspective with the clearly stated goal: to improve one’s improvisational skills. Jazz improvisation is rooted in spontaneity, creativity, self-expression and, at the same time, self-control and order. A unique pedagogical approach based on a one-to-one musical interaction conducted with different instrumentalists will help to reinforce many of the concepts introduced in this course and realize its stated objectives.
<span>Of the following choices, all are characteristic of Jewish art except D. sculptures were rare in Jewish art. It is true that religious stories were portrayed, because the Torah is very important in Jewish life and art. Strong outlines were indeed often paired with flat colors, and the figures were very posed. But Jewish art had a lot of sculptures as well, which means that D is incorrect.</span><span />
Correct answer choice is :
A) Strong lines outline forms that are filled with flat color.
Explanation:
Woodblock printing in Japan is a procedure strongly identified for its use in the ukiyo-e artistic style of individual coats, but it was also utilized for issuing books at the same time. Woodblock printing had been done in China for eras to print magazines, long before the arrival of the portable type, but was broadly used in Japan during the Edo era. Although related to woodcut in European printmaking in some concerns, the mokuhanga procedure varies in that it uses water-based inks as crossed to western woodcut, which often uses oil-based inks. The Japanese water-based inks give a broad variety of bright colors, enamels, and clarity.
