The Chromatic Enclosure Lab — Living Jazz Standard Library
The zero-friction, state-of-the-art practice system built to transform your Jazz playing.
To achieve true fluency as a jazz musician is to command the fundamental harmony of the core repertoire — and one of the most powerful systems for developing this ability is Chromatic Enclosure Technique.
The Chromatic Enclosure Lab is a hands-on, highly leveraged practice environment designed to do one thing: train you to intuitively embellish the harmony of the most iconic jazz standards in the most enjoyable and seamless way.
Ready for you — hands-on practice material — not more theory to decode.
One of a Kind
There are available resources that teach chromatic enclosures in isolation — showing the technique in a vacuum, truncated with a half note or whole note, and leaving you wondering: how do I actually practice and use this in a real tune?
The Chromatic Enclosure Lab is the first resource to systematically apply enclosure technique directly to the jazz standard repertoire — showing you how to daisy-chain 🌼🌼🌼 enclosures together across real harmonic progressions, the way the bebop masters actually played.
What Does “Living” Mean?
The Lab isn’t a static course you buy and shelve. It’s a living, breathing resource that grows and improves over time — in three distinct ways:
- Quantity — More tunes. The number of jazz standards in the Lab will keep increasing. Every new standard added is automatically available to all existing members at no extra cost.
- Detail — Scores that evolve: The interactive Soundslice scores can be updated at any time to answer student questions as they arise. When a score is updated, you see the changes instantly — live, on your device, automatically.
- Discussion — A real conversation: Each lesson includes a discussion tab where you can ask questions, share insights, and interact directly. This isn’t a one-way resource — it’s a dialogue.
“The chromatic enclosure system trains you to voice-lead effortlessly onto target chord tones on strong downbeats—THE core harmonic feature of authentic bebop.”
📐 The Math is Simple 💰
- Join now for $50 and own the whole library for life.
- No memberships. You own every downloadable asset and file permanently
- Zero recurring fees
📈 How it works: Every subsequent premium resource added to this living lab will increase the entry price to support the interactive Soundslice integration.
The price increase isn't arbitrary. Each new standard added to the Lab increases the entry price by $5
Each Standard is a Masterclass itself
The Chromatic Enclosure Lab isn’t a collection of surface-level lick sheets. Every single jazz standard added functions as its own standalone Masterclass—a deep-dive into the core DNA of jazz harmony, voice-leading, and real-time linear creation.
The Masterclass Protocol for Every Tune:
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Video Tutorial & Harmonic Breakdown: Detailed video analysis dissecting the underlying chord progressions, target resolution points, and enclosure mechanics.
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Interactive Soundslice Protocol: Systematically train 1-note, 2-note, 3-note, and 4-note enclosures over full tune changes.
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Core Harmony Embellishment: Learn how to leverage your practice time by transforming isolated chord tones into fluid, organic bebop lines.
Conservatory-Level Pedagogy (Berklee-Quality Depth) To cover this level of analytical depth, voice-leading execution, and custom practice material in private lessons would take at least 15 hours of 1-on-1 instruction. At standard conservatory rates ($50/hour), that represents over $750 in private tuition value and even then, private lessons would not include the interactive living notation practice assets that form the very core of the Lab!
⚠️ Who This Isn't For
This Lab is built for players who already know their chord tones — root, 3rd, 5th, 7th — and can locate them on the fly over changes. If you're new to jazz harmony and haven't yet internalized how to find those notes in real time, the enclosures will feel like decoration on a foundation that isn't there yet. 🏗️
Start here instead if that's you → Core Essentials
This Lab IS for you if:
- You know your chord tones cold, but want to make them sound bebop instead of just correct
- You've learned enclosures as isolated exercises but never applied them to real tunes
- You want zero-friction, done-for-you practice material — not more theory to decode
🏗️ The Step-by-Step Solo Builder
The Featured Exercises inside this Lab give you a proven, step-by-step blueprint to BUILD a genuine jazz solo from the ground up.
You start by targeting + embellishing key chord tones—and then, step by step you expand the vocabulary. It’s a failsafe method to go about mastering improvisation.
How the Lab Works
This is not a dry, static theory course. It is a living, expanding library of highly focussed workouts. For every essential standard in the Lab, you get a complete practice package:
- Step by Step two, three, and four-note approach exercises + variations
- Deep-Dive Video Tutorial: showing the specific enclosure shapes and exactly how they target strong chord tones (root, 3rd, 5th, and 7th) on beats 1 and 3
- Interactive Soundslice Integration: Analysis + notes on screen. Notation and score synced — slow tempo to 50%, loop difficult bars, transpose to any key, works on any device + printing capability.
- Complete Asset Pack: Clean, downloadable PDFs in standard notation, optimized for printing
What’s Included Right Now
Instant access to the following comprehensive enclosure workouts on the most legendary tunes in jazz history:
- Donna Lee — The ultimate bebop speed & articulation test
- Autumn Leaves — Perfecting minor-to-major tension and release
- Rhythm Changes — Navigating fast, cyclical chord progressions
- Cherokee — Injecting bebop vocabulary into a blues structure
- Minor Blues — Darker, expressive chromatic pathways
- Blue Bossa — Classic minor-based Bossa Nova
- Take the A Train — Ellington’s core classic
- Bluesette — Toots Thielemans’ 3/4 masterpiece
- Major Blues — Dominant 7th based Jazz Blues
- What is this thing Called Love - classic mighty minor standard
- All the things you are - The classic of all Jazz standards
- Stella By Starlight - Featuring exotic Target Tones: +5th, 13 etc
- Body and Soul - Nearly a century later, still the holy grail of jazz ballads
- Confirmation - Charlie Parker's seminal Bebop Classic
- Summertime - Gershwin's eternal classic
What Changes For You
- From overwhelmed to clear. A sequential, step-by-step path — no need to know everything at once to make real progress.
- Real standards, not abstract drills. Every exercise is mapped directly onto the changes of famous tunes, so it's musical and immediately applicable.
- A skill you keep, not licks you memorize. Learn the process for building your own lines over any progression .
- Built to remove friction. No hunting for backing tracks, no manual transposing — practice at your own pace, on your own instrument.
“This is the first method I’ve encountered that actually shows how to make enclosures work in context. Countless other resources just stop at the exercises — showing the enclosure in a vacuum. This is the first to show you how to daisy-chain enclosures together across real tunes.”
— Alfred, Jazzduets student
Enclosure Preparation exercises
Included in the Lab: Essential Preparation Exercises. Master 2-, 3-, and 4-note enclosures one chord quality at a time — building the fluency to use them effortlessly over real tunes. Chords featured: Major, Minor, Dominant 7, Minor 7, Minor 7b5, Diminished, and Dominant 7b9
Buy It Once. Own Its Growth.
The Lab is actively growing. Future updates will include workouts on Summeretime, There Will Never Be Another You, Have You Met Miss Jones, and more — all free for early-bird members!
What You’ll Master Inside
- Leveraged Practice: Train your ears, rhythm, and harmonic visualization simultaneously
- Rhythmic Placement: Use chromatic setup notes to land target chord tones perfectly on beats 1 and 3 and anticipations!
- Standard Harmony: You will be immersing yourself on the harmony of the great Jazz standards every time you practice
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this a subscription?
Absolutely not! You pay once and you’re in. The content grows — but not the price. Early-bird members keep their access and get every future standard added to the Lab completely free.
I am old school. I want to download the files on to my computer!
No problem. You can download the videos and PDFs directly to your local device.
What level do I need to be to use the course?
This Lab is for intermediate players and beyond — specifically, if you can already locate the root, 3rd, 5th, and 7th of a chord you're ready. It's not designed to teach chord tones from scratch; it's designed to make you sound like a bebop master once you know them. Newer to jazz harmony? Start with Core Essentials first — you'll get much more out of the Lab once you come back to it.
Is the course instrument specific?
No, the course is suitable for most instruments — Concert, B♭, E♭, and Bass clef
What is Soundslice?
Soundslice is cutting-edge software for learning music via interactive notation. It synchronises the audio to the score and allows you to slow down, loop, transpose, and much more — on any device. You can also print all the music out if you prefer.
Can I join the Lab at any time?
Yes, absolutely! You can join the Lab at any time and proceed at your own pace.
What is Thinkific? The Chromatic Enclosure Lab is hosted on Thinkific — a truly state-of-the-art platform. I chose it specifically because this course is packed with dense files, video demonstrations, and media. Thinkific gives me the tools to present and structure everything beautifully on your screen, making it incredibly easy and enjoyable for you to navigate from day one.
What Are Chromatic Enclosures? A chromatic enclosure surrounds a key target chord tone (3rd, 7th, root) with upper and lower neighbor notes before resolving. Instead of stepping directly to a pitch, you enclose it.
The chromatic enclosure system trains you to voice-lead effortlessly onto target chord tones on strong downbeats—THE core harmonic feature of authentic bebop.
Please note: After your purchase you will be sent an email within a few minutes with the instructions and link to start!
