Seeing Rotem and you exchange ideas is just what I needed to start my day. Excellent video, master. Gonna have and learn a lot out of this one as always.
I’m not a jazz fan - sometimes when I listen to it it seems as if the guitar player is purposely playing all the wrong notes. I just don’t have the ear or talent for it. But your channel is the best - you break down theory and harmony so it is less complex and frustrating so that I can enjoy learning and playing guitar. So thank you for putting these videos out!
You should listen to Ted Greene, he plays jazz but it's very beautiful and you would probably like his playing. Joe pass and Kenny Burrell are other players that play beautiful jazz as well.
Beautiful. I loved the counterpoint section there. This is really cool to break down things in these different levels. I fall in the middle, so it’s really inspiring to see something that is easy for me and then see you guys go further and further with it. Thanks!
Hi Jens, This is probably one of the best videos I've had the chance to see on chord melody and I think I've watched a lot. Thank you for that ! I really enjoyed the discussion format that allows to discover how to work on these stuff and also to have someone (you in this case :) ) asking the questions you might ask yourself along the way. Cheers !
Such a great lesson! there are so many ideas that are being presented. It's eye-opening and it's taught in a very accessible way, usually reharmonization and chord melody can get confusing very quickly, but not here.
Excellent tutorial. The addition of counter voice particularly complements Jazz Guitar Roadmap. I'm thinking about how to apply these principles to Take the A Train.
Been learning music theory on my own for awhile, trying to be more fluent in my playing. Even though some of your videos are more advanced than me. I enjoy them all the same. They show me where I can get. This video with phrases like "Colors, & Roads" I totally understood this, and makes me want to journey farther into this rabbit hole. Thanks for this video
not a jazz player really but not naive to the concepts; when he did the A9 substitution and passing chords with the explanation of his logic that was an Aha! moment--it works so well being outside and then sliding back in at the next check point; thanks for this!
Great Video! I was wondering if you could give some insight into what Rotem was thinking when he played each variation. Was he thinking about each individual chord and voicing? Cheers
Well, I am not a mind reader, but I would imagine that he is aware of the chords but not thinking about them consciously. Playing Jazz is like driving a car, you don't think about each separate movement, you have practiced so that it becomes about the high level decisions
Hi Jens, what is the concept or voicings at 6:48 in replacement of block Fm7? I've been trying to find new voicings for my "toolbox". Thank you guys for a beautiful and creative lesson!
@@JensLarsen Cool thanks! Yes. I guess I meant to ask what specific voicing are used at that moment, what notes are being played? Could you tell us? :) I love the sound but can't seem to figure it out by ear (trying) what notes are in those 3 or 4 subsequent voicings you are playing. It doesnt sound like a voicing of 1,3,7. Regards and thanks again for all your excellent videos and playing
Jens I enjoyed you and Rotem but I couldn’t help notice Rotem’s Guitar...it looks like a 175 body but flat with no f-holes, the neck has different inlays and the head stock says Gibson but the inlay looks like an Epiphone...the tailpiece is different and the electronic’s, interesting including the cork...could you let me know if any of these observations are correct and expand a little...after I got over looking at his guitar the content was very interesting as usual...thank you so much for everything you put out....
This was an amazing lesson! Thanks! Side note: I’ve never seen that particular set up that’s on Rotem’s guitar. Can someone explain what that brown and white piece is and what’s it used for? Thanks!
I’m guessing that the cork board is there to mute any possible noisy pick strikes/taps against the resonant hollow body of the instrument...it’s a problem I have in my playing.
Ok. Sure looks like the G2. Maybe it’s the new Gk-3 synth pickup he has strapped on the rear of his guitar. I used to use one! I recognize the sound! Cool video, thanks!
@@michaelstrand9306 I meant that he did not bring his synth to Europe. Maybe the mix of the acoustic sound and the recorded guitar is playing tricks on you.
@@NelsonRiverosMusic Chord Melody Arrangements are at the $10 / week tier. But you can also get a ton from the free stuff I have made already: ua-cam.com/video/ryBxYdKQ7AY/v-deo.html
It is the 8030c. But I forgot that I also recorded the guitars directly and you hear that as well. It also gives some odd artifacts and phasing here and there. Sorry, this video was recorded last year 😁
Thanks to @Rotem for being a part of this video. Check out these great lessons from him: ua-cam.com/video/qSSYO1XIP48/v-deo.html
Thanks so much brother!!! 🙏
Awesome!
This is great! Would love to see more of you guys together!
Nice to see two wonderful teachers working together like this! Thank you both, Jens and Rotem!!!
Also if you two recorded some jamming that would be fun to watch
We did play quite a few, but only recorded one song 🙂
@@JensLarsen No Kitchen Gems? ;)
Two of the best in one tutorial. Absolutely great to see you two, talking about such major topic.
Thank you! 👍
Jens, my jazz guitar journey started a couple of weeks ago after watching your videos. Thank you for the Inspiration.
Glad to hear it, go for it Robert!
Rotem keeps turning up on all my favorite UA-cam channels. Fantastic to see your two teaching styles coming together here.
Yes ☺
Glad you like it!
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Thanks Claude! 😀
One of the best videos which you have done!!! I do like it!!!
Seeing Rotem and you exchange ideas is just what I needed to start my day. Excellent video, master. Gonna have and learn a lot out of this one as always.
Rotem is amazing and super nice guy. It was a lot of fun hanging out with him!
Loved listening to this guys!
Thank you, Brent!
I’m not a jazz fan - sometimes when I listen to it it seems as if the guitar player is purposely playing all the wrong notes. I just don’t have the ear or talent for it. But your channel is the best - you break down theory and harmony so it is less complex and frustrating so that I can enjoy learning and playing guitar. So thank you for putting these videos out!
Keep the movement of the melody, but let go of the harmony the ears expect.
You are very welcome 🙂
Like any other music it's a language. If you aren't exposed to it, it's not gonna sound right at first
You should listen to Ted Greene, he plays jazz but it's very beautiful and you would probably like his playing. Joe pass and Kenny Burrell are other players that play beautiful jazz as well.
It's so great to see the two of you together in a video. Please give us more of your conversations. Well done and thank you!
Thank you! I hope we will do more videos 🙂
Great video. Using a conversations as a way of teaching is so much more interesting. More of this type please.
Thank you! I will try to do more collaborations when that is possible
Ok you got me... the counterpoint section is exceptional
My two favourite music UA-camrs together. This is the best.
Thank you 🙂 It was a lot of fun to hang out with Rotem
enjoyed that, thank you....the options are endless....solo jazz guitar is wonderful...
My two favorite jazz teachers together, what a great way to start a new month.
I love to see the spark in your eyes when you two talk about harmony. Thats the spirit!
Gorgeous and elegant. Thanks to both 👏👏👏
Two great Masters ! Making this video really priceless!
Thank you Gilles 🙂
Been following both you guys for a while. It’s great to see you collaborate.
Melodies in chords make for powerful chords! Awesome work to you too.
Thank you, RC
@@JensLarsen Cheers!
Great - I just found Rotem Sivan the other day. He has a unique energetic approach.
I love it when youtube worlds collide like this, Great content as always!
Excellent session, intelligent, artistic and inspiring. Thank you
Great way to start a Monday and a March. A nexus of my two favorite guitar channels. Cheers!
Great! :) Glad you liked it!
Thumb was up as soon as I saw Rotem in the pic to this lesson. It´s great to see the two of you team-up for this one. Thanksalot to both of you.
Jens. You are gentelman in this lesson. Love it.
Thank you Siemek!
You guys need to do more videos.. Very inspiring.. Thanks.
Thank you Eric 🙂
great video. great to watch two great musicians, who love what they're doing talking about it, exploring their art with love and affection.
Rotem is COOL - thanks Jens! 🙏🙏🙏
My two most favourite yt guitar teachers in one video. Couldn't be better!
I wish I'd had a teacher like you when I was younger. Cracking content Jens, as always.
Thank you! 😃
No, thank you. Always enjoy your content, and learn something. Win win.
thanks for sharing your knowledge. highly underrated channel
Glad you like the videos 🙂
This was really fun, love watching both you guys and having some sound to chew through
Thanks Joseph! That's really great to hear. I hope to do more videos with Rotem in the future!
Two of my favorite guitarists and teachers together - great lesson!
Thanks Ben! :)
Great video..Nice to see the contrast between a "ear" player and a beast like Jens, whos able to put theory to the method on the spot.
Beautiful. I loved the counterpoint section there. This is really cool to break down things in these different levels. I fall in the middle, so it’s really inspiring to see something that is easy for me and then see you guys go further and further with it. Thanks!
Awesome, thank you!
Wonderful.
I like this levels lessons.
You see the next step, or the starting point.
Very inspiring.
Wow this is super helpful, gentlemen. Thank you!
Glad you like it 🙂
a great video and very cool guitar playing, you guys rock. the 5th method is to difficult for me. I like the 2, 3rd, and 4th methods I can work with.
Thanks Tom! Rotem is both a fantastic player and a great guy!
This is such a beautiful song and you guys really made it sound so good. I would like to here some more of your guys jams.
Thanks Jed! Maybe I will release some more, we played a lot but didn't really record it :)
I have been waiting for this collaboration!
This is such great content! Thanks Jens & Rotem!
Interesting ideas! Thanks for demonstrating and sharing.
the voicings from 6:46-6:55 were so powerful together, it gave me chills
Hi Jens, This is probably one of the best videos I've had the chance to see on chord melody and I think I've watched a lot. Thank you for that ! I really enjoyed the discussion format that allows to discover how to work on these stuff and also to have someone (you in this case :) ) asking the questions you might ask yourself along the way. Cheers !
Great that you like it!
Such a great lesson! there are so many ideas that are being presented. It's eye-opening and it's taught in a very accessible way, usually reharmonization and chord melody can get confusing very quickly, but not here.
Glad you like it 🙂
This is pure gold.
I practice these chord progressions on my harmonicas. They make me a much better player. Thank you.
this is great content. Love to see you guys just talking it out.
Thanks Ryan 🙂
Excellent tutorial. The addition of counter voice particularly complements Jazz Guitar Roadmap. I'm thinking about how to apply these principles to Take the A Train.
Great! Go for it 🙂
Great lesson guys - some beautiful and inspiring ideas there.
Thank you, Cliff 🙂
Jens this was so helpful! I need to support your videos.
anther great lesson, thank you both
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great stuff. Thanks guys!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Been learning music theory on my own for awhile, trying to be more fluent in my playing. Even though some of your videos are more advanced than me. I enjoy them all the same. They show me where I can get. This video with phrases like "Colors, & Roads" I totally understood this, and makes me want to journey farther into this rabbit hole. Thanks for this video
fantastic ! very informative and inspirational
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great lesson! I’ve got my next Standard to learn now! Cheers guys.
Go for it 👍
greatest crossover ever❤️❤️❤️
please make more of these kind of videos! so entertaining and interesting at the same time, especially for fake jazz guitarists like me ahah
Thank you, Greg! I will keep that in mind next time Rotem is in the neighborhood
What a great lesson way above my pay grade but understood some of it thanks for showing us this
Great video. I love the way it’s broken up into levels. Totally gonna use this method for certain students! (And me!)
Rotem is awesome man!
Thank you. It's very beautiful
not a jazz player really but not naive to the concepts; when he did the A9 substitution and passing chords with the explanation of his logic that was an Aha! moment--it works so well being outside and then sliding back in at the next check point; thanks for this!
What a superb lesson
Thank you!
@@JensLarsen 🎸🎼🤘
itd be wonderful to see you two have a guitaristic conversation like a duet album
Great lesson and beautiful guitars!
Thanks :)
Great featuring!!
What is with the corkboard taped onto Rotems guitar?
Rotem's got a little big channel, that was evident even to me 😅 Thank you for confirming my impressions, prof. Jens!
Rotem is amazing! Hope you guys jammed out on some stuff too 🎸
Yes, we had a lot of fun jamming as well :)
Great Video! I was wondering if you could give some insight into what Rotem was thinking when he played each variation. Was he thinking about each individual chord and voicing? Cheers
Well, I am not a mind reader, but I would imagine that he is aware of the chords but not thinking about them consciously. Playing Jazz is like driving a car, you don't think about each separate movement, you have practiced so that it becomes about the high level decisions
@@JensLarsen haha😂 yes of course you're not a mind reader, thanks for the help!
Great video! I love the onscreen tabs.
Very cool guys!
Glad you like it 🙂
I got myself some corkboard and I got myself some leather wraps, time to really learn some jazzguitar.
Those things hurt my eyes!
Anyway, the lesson is awesome! Thanks guys!
Both of you are inspiring. ❤️ this.
Interesting Pickguard and Stringtree.
Great lesson
Thank you 🙂
bravo please make more about chord melody,grateful for all.cordial greetings.***
Top lesson guys.
Thank you, Colin
רותם ... כבוד !
Love your videos mate, keep crushing it 💯🔥
Awesome! Session
Thank you 🙂
Wow what a great video!
Great great great!!!!!.
Hi Jens, what is the concept or voicings at 6:48 in replacement of block Fm7? I've been trying to find new voicings for my "toolbox". Thank you guys for a beautiful and creative lesson!
Thanks! There is no concept, I am just playing different types of Fm voicings
@@JensLarsen Cool thanks! Yes. I guess I meant to ask what specific voicing are used at that moment, what notes are being played? Could you tell us? :)
I love the sound but can't seem to figure it out by ear (trying) what notes are in those 3 or 4 subsequent voicings you are playing. It doesnt sound like a voicing of 1,3,7. Regards and thanks again for all your excellent videos and playing
@@user-oy4oy4us8j You should check out this video, that covers some of them
Master guitarist
wow.... I love this video.
I'm glad to hear that!
Jens I enjoyed you and Rotem but I couldn’t help notice Rotem’s Guitar...it looks like a 175 body but flat with no f-holes, the neck has different inlays and the head stock says Gibson but the inlay looks like an Epiphone...the tailpiece is different and the electronic’s, interesting including the cork...could you let me know if any of these observations are correct and expand a little...after I got over looking at his guitar the content was very interesting as usual...thank you so much for everything you put out....
This was an amazing lesson! Thanks!
Side note: I’ve never seen that particular set up that’s on Rotem’s guitar. Can someone explain what that brown and white piece is and what’s it used for? Thanks!
Glad you like the lesson 🙂
I’m guessing that the cork board is there to mute any possible noisy pick strikes/taps against the resonant hollow body of the instrument...it’s a problem I have in my playing.
@@ae3898 Ok, thanks!
Is that a vibes sound sample he is using on that G2 Guitar synthesizer? Very chimes. Nice
No, he didn't use a synth. Not sure exactly what he had turned on beyond an overdrive and delay
Ok. Sure looks like the G2. Maybe it’s the new Gk-3 synth pickup he has strapped on the rear of his guitar. I used to use one! I recognize the sound! Cool video, thanks!
@@michaelstrand9306 I meant that he did not bring his synth to Europe. Maybe the mix of the acoustic sound and the recorded guitar is playing tricks on you.
Great Lesson, which Membership level would this be under?thank you
Do you mean which level on Patreon?
@@JensLarsen Yes.
@@JensLarsen Yes which level of the Patreon? Thanks
@@NelsonRiverosMusic Chord Melody Arrangements are at the $10 / week tier.
But you can also get a ton from the free stuff I have made already: ua-cam.com/video/ryBxYdKQ7AY/v-deo.html
@@JensLarsen Thank you Jens. At the moment I am interested in the All The Things You Are that you did with Rotem. This is $10 is that correct?
i liked level 4 most, sounds very jim hall-esque
Is this green screen or are two of my favourite yt teachers in the Same room? Rotem in NL?
He was here, but it is a few months ago before COVID went completely nuts again. Hopefully he will come by more often :)
Any1 know where to get one of them cool fancy leather fret wraps?
Also what’s up with the cork sheet covering the middle pickup?
I was wondering about the cork, too?
wow sounds beautiful, why sometimes his guitar sounds like a synth ?
I say something similar when explaining what it means to tonicize a chord: you make the chord Rome by making the road lead to it.
Like it.
Thanks!
Does the sound come from the Genelecs behind?
My sound comes only from the genelecs and Rotem is through the Genelecs and an amp
@@JensLarsen thank you for the reply! Are these the 8020s? Is this the case for other videos as well?
It is the 8030c. But I forgot that I also recorded the guitars directly and you hear that as well. It also gives some odd artifacts and phasing here and there. Sorry, this video was recorded last year 😁