JAZZ DRUMS
PREPARATORY COURSE
Intensive preparation course in jazz drumming, aimed at admission to bachelor courses.
Individual drum lessons, jazz ensemble music workshops from trio to combos, jazz repertoire for studying Harmony, Ear training and Complementary Piano, Music Technology for pre-production of original projects.
Duration 1 to 3 years
Frequency From 6 to 10 hours per week, in ordinary or long-distance mode
Where Rome
Language Italian/English
The pre-academic course has a duration ranging from 1 to 3 years, depending on the student’s entry level and study ability.
Skills are acquired in the following areas:
- One-on-one jazz drums classes with a teacher chosen by the student, study of jazz drumming, medium times, fast and ballads, Blues and minor blues, even 8th, Latin jazz, be-bop, rhythm changes, approach to improvisation.
- Jazz ensembles from trio to quintet conducted by professional jazz players, to practice the American, Italian and international jazz repertoire both in the classrooms and live on a stage.
- Contemporary jazz harmony from the basics to 5-voice spread voicing, with tensions and alterations, drops, altered scales, modal exchanges and melodies harmonization techniques.
- Jazz piano study, jazz standards reading with theme and melody, accompanying rhythmic patterns, walking bass.
- Jazz Ear training it will lead each student to be able to transcribe melodies, chord progressions and rhythmic patterns taken from jazz standards, up to develop the ability to transcribe a jazz mini-song, without the aid of instruments.
- The student will acquire full mastery in the professional use of music production state-of the-art softwares in the recording industry state-of-the-art in the recording industry.
Once you have successfully completed the last pre-academic level of your main instrument or vocals you automatically access the three-year first cycle academic diploma (aut. Ministry of Education, University and Research)
The first cycle academic courses prepare for the professions of:
- artist and band leader of original projects
- jazz live performance and recording sessions
- arranger for small and medium ensembles
- music producer
- music author for sonorizations and music applied to images
The Preparatory Course do not start from scratches, they assume a previous practice on the instrument of two to three years the least.
It is possible to access the first year of the course or to enter directly the second or third pre-academic year. For each subject you will be placed at the appropriate level based on the admission tests: for example, you can be admitted to the 3rd level of drums classes, the second level of harmony studies and the first level of Ear training, according to your knowledge. Each subject will therefore follow its own path at its own level. Each subject will therefore follow its own path at its own level.
Admission tests are usually held in June and, for places remaining available, in September. International students can sit the admission tests online from February of the previous year until June the latest.
- Jazz drumming test, performance of one or more songs/exercises of the student’s choice, in-depth study required by the committee (go to “Admission Info and Study Plan” click on “Download Study Plan”)
- Jazz harmony test, see mock test for access to the 2nd and 3rd level
- Ear training test see mock test for access to the 2nd and 3rd level
- Aptitude test and motivational interview
