Building Blocks of Jazz – Form
4:53
Grades: 5 - 12

Video Description: Did you know there was form in Jazz? On this episode, Phil Dunlap demonstrates how form helps organize music and enhance improvisation.

Type of Video: Topical*
Unique Video ID: Jazz-14**

Quick Ideas for Using the Video:

  • View the video as part of your study of music to help students understand the concept of form and how form changes in different kinds of songs.
  • Following up on the video, have students listen to other Blues songs to identify the form and create their own Blues songs to demonstrate their understanding of the form.

 

*Topical videos are filmed on location in the classroom/workspace/laboratory, in studio, or a combination of both to explain and/or demonstrate specific concepts, events, topics, or processes.

**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.

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