iImprov – Bebop is designed to help take the mystery out of the language of Bebop. The app contains nine comprehensive lessons and eight JAM-A-longs.

Each lesson contains a detailed explanation as well as exercises, transposable notation and tempo-adjustable audio examples. Many of the concepts are also demoed by saxophonist Tony Bray at the end of the lessons.

The topics covered include:

• Fully realizing the bebop scale through strategic placement of half steps to ultimately include all twelve notes of the chromatic scale while maintaining appropriate chord colors.
• Developing longer phrases.
• Turnarounds and chord substitutions.
• A breakdown of the ʻConfirmationʼ sequence.
• Various approaches to playing over ʻI Got Rhythmʼ changes.

The included JAM-A-longs are:

• V7
• II V I
• I Got Rhythm 1
• I Got Rhythm 2
• Confirmation Sequence
• Turnaround 1
• Turnaround 2
• Turnaround 3

As with all of the apps in the iImprov series, Bebop has the following general features:

• Individual JAM-A-longs for each key for variety.
• Mixer control for the JAM-A-long instruments.
• Tempo control for each JAM-A-long.
• Music notation available in either treble or bass clef.

Demo Videos

Below is a video demonstrating iImprov – Bebop on the iPad:

Another video showing interjections of half-steps into bebop lines: