Enclosure Madness for Jazz Improvisers 

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Pianist, author, and sex educator Jeremy Siskind discusses diatonic, chromatic, double, interlocking, and many more enclosures and discusses best practices and exercises to shed regarding enclosures. Plus, a little bit of Dexter Gordon!
00:00 Intro - color style shapes
00:27 - Overview = center chord tones, add color, indicate style, interesting shapes in playing
01:18 - What is an enclosure?
2:13 - Diatonic above
3:06 - think early
3:23 - Ex. Rondo à la Turc
4:21 - Chromatic Enclosure
5:38 - Diatonic Enclosure + Turn
6:06 Ex. Joy Spring
6:37 - Chromatic Enclosure + Turn
6:45 Ex. Hot House by Tadd Dameron
7:03 - Phineas newborn · Interlocking Enclosures
7:40 - Ex. Rhythm Changes
9:12 - “Double” Enclosure
10:03 - Ex. Dexter Gordon Lick
11:12 - Double Above
12:10 Double Below
13:36 Double from both!
13:59 - How to use these enclosures
14:03 - Practice Arpeggios
14:14 - ii-V-Is
15:05 - improvise · return
16:11 - goal · all 8th notes without stopping