How to Add Bebop Language to Your Jazz Improv (Next Step After Levels 1 & 2)

If you’ve been practicing rhythm and chord tone improvisation from Levels 1 and 2, it’s time for your next breakthrough — adding bebop language.

In this jazz piano lesson, I’ll show you how to connect your chord tones with bebop approach notes and enclosures so your lines sound more authentic, fluid, and “jazzy.”

This is Level 3 of the Proficient Jazz Pianist Improvisation Goal, launching inside our new Jazz Piano School platform this Black Friday.

What You’ll Learn:

• How to add approach notes and enclosures to your chord tones

• The 3 main types of bebop approaches (chromatic, diatonic, enclosures)

• A simple exercise to practice II–V–I progressions with bebop flavor

• The Level 3 test that shows you’re ready to move forward

• How to make your solos sound professional without overplaying

Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro

01:27 – Review of Levels 1 & 2 foundation

05:22 – What Are Bebop approaches?

12:26 – Practice method for II–V–I

21:47 – Outro