The key to understanding this is to look where the little target tones/enclosure motif/melody starts.

Here we have two.

The first is “OFF” the BEAT

and the second is “ON” the beat

Example 1: “Off Beat” classic target tone/enclosure set-up

Example 2: “On the beat” and in the bar set-up in the improvised line [Target tone/Enclosure]

THEORY:

What you will notice is that the Chord tones are “on” the beat [Strong] whilst the chromatic or unessential notes are “Off” the beat.  

This is the key to how it works and how to create beautiful flowing lines easily!

Full Target tones/Enclosure Jazz Chromatics improvisation lick/line

Thanks for viewing this post, I hope it was interesting and useful? If so then Please Subscribe to us on youtube!

 CLICK SUBSCRIBE!