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How do You ACTUALLY Practice Approach Notes & Enclosures for Jazz Improv?

Noah Kellman

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In this jazz piano tutorial, let's break down how to ACTUALLY practice and integrate and apply Approach notes & Enclosures for jazz improvisation and the formation of bebop lines.

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Timestamps
01:17 - The Basics
02:15 - Approach Notes
04:14 - Enclosures
06:04 - Free Resource Download
07:05 - Practice Example 1
10:16 - Practice Example 2
12:59 - Final Steps

20 Comments

@NoahKellman Creator 2 years ago Pinned

Temporary link while the main website is being fixed: 📚Free Resource Library: https://noahkellman.kartra.com/page/freeresources

@ThePurpelephant 2 years ago

The genius of this video is where the teacher, Noah, puts himself in the mind/fingers of a student and shows the mistakes that student will make and then how to address them. This is good teaching.

@rayhuckell7263 2 years ago

Noah, This is simply the best video out there and it summarizes the 100 odd videos I have watched recently to do with approach notes and enclosures as used in the Bebop style. Brilliant. Thanks for putting this up as this will become My bible on the subject at hand. Ray

@eobias 2 years ago

Haha finally cracked it..ive been wodnering for long time how they do those improv

@joehehir5180 2 years ago

Concept is sound, landing a chord tone successfully on beats one and three a challenge. Great lesson.

@michaelbarker6460 2 years ago (edited)

This exact thing was one of the hardest parts for me to incorporate in my playing. I know it isn't super helpful to those stuck in the same place I was but simply listening to more and more jazz and getting better at being able to hear and sing chromatic lines took care of all my struggles better than any other exercise I've done. Of course I have done exercises and still do but in the beginning I treated them like licks that I would just recall knowing that they would work. Basically copy/paste. Now I just view it as being able to hear, sing and play melodies involving all 12 tones instead of the usual 7 diatonic tones.

@jamesnewberry2945 2 years ago

Great lesson! Direct and simple! Thank you Noah

@dcsdafsdfsdf5337 2 years ago

hello mister kellman, i just came across your channel today and have never been so much more excited about my piano learning journey, i just simply didnt know what to learn or how to start bbe cause

@ErnieLeblanc 2 years ago

Excellent!💥💯🎯🙏🎯💯💥

@JoeLinux2000 2 years ago

Very nice lesson.

@Sn00ze 2 years ago

Very useful video, thank you for uploading this!

@MR-th8xk 2 years ago

Nice video. I like the way you now display transcribed horizontal bars with full musical measures instead of just the vertical display. Makes it much easier to follow along. I've also purchased your bundle packs in the past and found them very useful. I recommend them. Regarding the question of tension and resolution, we find analogues in drama, hunger pangs and eating, and of course, uh, romance.

@LasidoAbroad 2 years ago

Yeah, instant sub

@johnsmetek3996 5 months ago

Thanks Noah! Finally, this makes sense.

@demadddis96 2 years ago

Very well put! Thank you for doing these Videos!

@sicflip47 1 year ago

I think I accidentally learned a melody from Mario around 4:45 with that first enclosure 😂 great video thanks man

@bensaville477 1 year ago

It’s really funny how you can learn to be a jazz pianist with 33 years under your belt without learning this stuff. It really baffles me as to how this isn’t regular common knowledge in music. I can already tell learning this stuff will make me a better player over night.

@eduardoferreira1963 2 years ago

😊😊 obrigado, muito boa aula!😊

@marshwetland3808 2 years ago (edited)

If you're wondering where that exact resource is, it's in the Jazz2 level section. I love this lesson. It not only explains what I've been hearing all my life, for the first damn time, it gives me a way to work with it. Add this to passing chords and I have much of the explanation for bebop that I have loved listening to. Thanks, Noah.

@future62 2 years ago

I am thinking of an exercise to try later... practicing just navigating chord tones over changes on each down beat. Then adding a chromatic note before. Then another. Then 3 to fill the bar. One thing I struggle with is hearing chord tones in my head so I feel like this is good ear training too.