Lesson 2: Jazz Standard Form (AABA)
Duration of Days: 180
Lesson Objective
Students will identify and perform the AABA form in jazz tunes.
How is AABA form different from blues form?
Why do jazz composers use forms?
AABA form, theme, bridge, phrase
MU:Pr4.2.7a
Explain how understanding the structure and context of musical works informs the performance.
MU:Pr6.1.7a
Perform music, demonstrating appropriate technique and expression.
Students listen to jazz standards and identify the AABA structure, practicing clapping the form.
Students may confuse sections A and B.
They may not hear repeated themes.
Use visual maps of AABA form.
Demonstrate form with instruments and clapping.
Students correctly identify AABA sections and perform clapping patterns to match.