A New Way To Finally Understand Bebop Enclosures

00:00 intro
00:57 the two 4-note enclosures that encompass all enclosures!
04:43 the 3-note enclosure
05:24 the 2-note enclosure
06:25 explanation & analyzation of example lick using an enclosure
08:34 exercise 1: enclose scale tones of chords in a tune
09:40 exercise 2: enclose all notes of a scale
12:10 demonstration
13:30 using enclosures to "escape"

Bebop enclosures stumped me for a while. I used to be confused by how to form them and when to use which one.

Once I understood the 4-note enclosure and that there's just two different sets of notes to enclose any given note, it started to click.

So in this video I'm taking a backwards approach by explaining the full blown 4-note enclosure first, and then working backward to the 2 note enclosure.

I haven't taken this approach before because the 4-note enclosure contains more notes and can be thought of as "harder" for that reason, but I think from and intellectual perspective it could make a lot of sense.

As an educator we're always trying to improve our methods and find better ways to transfer information - I think this could be a step in that direction.

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