Jazz school training courses in Arvada, CO (public, in-house or online)

introduces the basic techniques and vocabulary of jazz dance and the basic elements of dance. Focuses on movement oriented dance, comprised of warm-up exercises, center combinations, traveling combinations and cool down. May be repeated for a maximum of three credits.

Our program offers courses (day, evening and weekend) leading to an Associates of Arts degree, which divides the first two years of course work towards a Bachelor of Arts degree. Our course offerings are geared not only toward degree seeking students, but also toward those who take classes for the love of music.

Our Music Appreciation and Music History courses fulfill the core humanities requirements. We offer basic theory courses for those who have little or no music background. If you a...

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The road to becoming a well-rounded and expressive guitarist begins with mastering the basics. This three-course guitar certificate program provides students with an excellent background in three keystone styles: Blues, Rock and Jazz.

You’ll start the program by learning the techniques and licks of classic blues stylists, such as T-Bone Walker, Lightning Hopkins, B.B. King, and Magic Sam in the Blues Guitar Workshop course. You’ll build a foundation in form, control, and harmony, and...

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Jazz Bass explores the key ingredients necessary to play great jazz bass lines, including the sound, feel, foundation, and power. Throughout the course, you will learn techniques for playing effective walking bass lines over jazz chord changes. The course begins by exploring "money notes"—the notes most valuable to a bass player to support and influence the band. You will play simple and functional walking bass lines over the blues and then progress to more sophisticated lines over jaz...

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While it’s important to have an understanding of the licks and runs that top jazz players use to define their own style, it’s essential for any guitarist who wants to succeed in the genre to know the chords, scales, and harmonic language that these great players are actually referencing. Jazz Guitar 101 provides the basics behind the jazz language: effective chord/scale usage, reharmonizaton, approach notes, arpeggio substitutions, melodic tension through the manipulation of harmony, r...

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