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What are enclosures in jazz?
Jazz guitar enclosures are found in a ton of great jazz solos, and work in a similar way to chromatic approach notes. An enclosure is a group of 3 notes that enclosures a target note within an arpeggio or scale by using chromatics, scale steps, and a combination of both.
What is a bebop enclosure?
Welcome to episode 150 of the LJS Podcast where today we are talking about a technique called “enclosure.” Enclosure is a way to conceptualize bebop language, and how jazz musicians approach important chord tones.
What are chromatic enclosures?
Using Enclosures in a solo
This means that you have either a way of suspending the sound of the chord or a way to target a note in the next chord. Since you are using the chromatic enclosure the melody you play to lead towards that note will have a lot of direction.
