How Bebop Enclosures Makes Your Jazz Lines Flow

Want to sound like the jazz greats? Maybe you want to make your lines flow more. This lesson dives deep into the most important bebop technique: enclosures. You’ll learn how to use them with arpeggios, scales, and chromatics — and how they connect your lines like Parker, Brecker, and Potter.

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  • The One Bebop Rule – Learn the enclosure concept all jazz legends use
  • From Arpeggios to Chromatics – Build melodic tension with clear logic
  • Connect Every Line – Make your solos flow effortlessly through chords

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+ all lesson examples are transposed to the Tenor, Alto and Concert keys and bass clef 
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In this tutorial
00:00 The Most Iconic Bebop Trick
01:35 The natural Enclosure – 7th Chord Enclosure 
02:54 Concreting Phrases Using Enclosures
04:04 Enclosures added to Scale Runs
05:30 Lots Of Examples 
06:18 One Step Further – Chromatic Enclosures
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