10 Levels of Jazz Chords with Rotem Sivan

[@JensLarsen]

I had a lot of fun hanging out with Rotem and talking harmony! If you have some interesting ideas then share them 😎😎 Check out the other video I did with Rotem a few years ago: 5 Levels of Chord Melody: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3bKYpupp8Zpfbc

[@hansbendixen5430]

I like how jens is actually the master but acts like he is the student

[@michatrieba8947]

If these sessions are a side effect of NAMM, there should be NAMM all year long. It's extremely pleasant, inspiring and instructive to have you talk and play jazz.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! Yes, hanging out like this is indeed the best part 🙂

[@martinrhodes1619]

Ps - this is unique; never seen anything like this. A real insight into what pro guitarist can do and how they think.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you 🙂

[@eric_james_music]

this is literal gold. thank you guys, these collab sessions are great because you bounce off each other's style

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you very much Eric! 🙂

[@eric_james_music]

no problem! also that maj9#11 is the chord they imply with the melody of "Christmastime is Here Charlie Brown." First chord of the song. The major 9 being so consonant disguises the tension of the #11@@JensLarsen

[@VelazquezJFP]

Coffe ready and guitar ready to follow along and try some of the chords

[@JensLarsen]

Great! Hope you find something you can use 😎

[@kevindonnelly761]

In case I don't get a chance before the end of this video, I'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ! 🎅🥳

[@summersendband]

😂

[@JensLarsen]

😂

[@RobKandell]

Thanks, Kevin! And a blessed St. Swithun’s Day to you!

[@kevindonnelly761]

@@RobKandell 😁🤣

[@robbertr1558]

Jens, this is great content! Food for thought and inspiration for all listeners. Thanks!

[@matt_greene]

so much appreciate the content you guys put up for free!! 🙏

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you Matt!

[@RobKandell]

“It’s not necessarily functional, but I know kinda where I’m going.” - overheard in 19th Century Paris by some Polish ex-pat. :-) I’m going to have to go over this vid a few more times. Excellent video. Thanks to Jens and Rotem.

[@JensLarsen]

Pretty much!😁

[@RobKandell]

@@JensLarsen - Also looking forward to the Grant Green jazz blues.

[@fredfloyd68]

These guys are the real deal...

[@martinrhodes1619]

Fantastic master class. Thanks for the tabs/notation!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you like it 👍

[@GordonZoot]

It's all about making beautiful music - great video, thanks for posting :)

[@JensLarsen]

Couldn't agree more!

[@sheldonfields732]

I was recently messing with a chord progression that fits with some of the ideas spoken about. It goes like Fmaj7b5/B to Bmin9 to Cmaj7 to Gmaj7 to Dmaj7 to Dmin9 back to Gmaj7. Fun little idea with melody to connect everything

[@JensLarsen]

Nice! 🙂

[@ZalMoxis]

My two fave modern jazz guitar inspiration sources...

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you 🙂

[@pumjuice5568]

It’s so nice to see you guys together. Truly 2 Jazz Pros with really good harmony (as well as musically and socially)

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! Rotem is great to hang out with

[@mikeunderforester]

Yeah 🔥🎉 a few more epic chords wouldn’t hurt me 😊👍

[@JensLarsen]

Great! See you tomorrow 😎

[@f81456]

You look like you are really in your element and loving it. Awesome!

[@JensLarsen]

It was a lot of fun to hang out and talk harmony with Rotem! 🙂

[@MrAMDraheim09]

Norah's great! Love the vibe of Leon michels' productions. All his stuff just sounds plain dope

[@chrissguitarshow206]

Looks like you guys are having fun, love the video.

[@JensLarsen]

Yes, it was a lot of fun 🙂

[@edwardebel1847]

Tension/Release is the basic rhythm/structure of Life: it is directly related to our most basic need...breath. The first thing we do in life is breathe in. The last thing we do is breathe out. In between is a series of in-breaths and out-breaths...sometimes rhythmic, sometimes not. But the tension/release cycle is always there and music...all forms...mimics that cycle...tension...release. Jazz connects to that cycle with the tension and resolution of the chord progression...at least that's my take on it...maybe not...who knows? :-)

[@sergequirion]

Merci really enjoy it, thanks again guys,

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jroc2201]

Excellent,well played, fun stuff

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@building436]

Thats so great information!! Cool and well done! Thank You!

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you liked it!

[@jonk7221]

thanks Jens and Rotem

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@hansbendixen5430]

Special shoutout to the editor

[@JensLarsen]

I'll pass it on 😁

[@keenanlarsen1639]

Excellent video! So much to absorb. :)

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@cbolt4492]

My word you guys can play..... 😎

[@JensLarsen]

Thanks Christian!

[@massimuss88]

Спасибо, дружище!! Привет из России!❤

[@analogalien]

Another great lesson. How was NAMM? I haven't been there since 2018.

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you! I go to NAMM for the people more than the gear, and (as you can see in this video) that is great!

[@analogalien]

@@JensLarsen We may attend in 2025. Hopefully you will, too. Would really like to finally meet you. All the best.

[@JensLarsen]

@@analogalien Great! I will most likely go 🙂

[@analogalien]

@@JensLarsen Jens. Quick question. Is Rotem playing a Gibson Howard Roberts guitar?

[@JensLarsen]

@@analogalien I don't know, maybe ask him?

[@jamescopeland5358]

Great video Jens

[@JensLarsen]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@tomcripps7229]

Thanks!

[@JensLarsen]

Thank you for the support Tom! I really appreciate it!

[@markscheld535]

These chords seem very complex I thought Joe Pass said keep them simple?

[@JensLarsen]

He wasn't there that day 🙂

[@DrThornton1]

😵‍💫 😳 🤔 🧐 😲 ☺️

[@JensLarsen]

😁

[@marcelgagnier4962]

Hi! To me you are doing wrong....dm7- goes B7#11 to ( Em7) or Cmaj7.... the A note will sound better and it is the tritone with the D#..it is more natural.......but these days everyone try to change the rules and be original...

[@JensLarsen]

?

[@Trombonology]

@marcelgagnier4962 Isn't _better_ a subjective term? "Wrong" and "rules" seem kind of out of place in a jazz environment.

[@milko3990]

Interesting video, but jazz chords don't exist. Debussy used what you call jazz chords

[@martinrhodes1619]

😂

[@bastienc7912]

True ! All these chords and their tonal or modal uses can be heard in music since the end of 19th century, especially in french music (Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Fauré...)

[@martinrhodes1619]

@@bastienc7912 so what - they are being used for jazz and in jazz forms. You might as well say that Mozart used power chords, so what's new about classic rock and heavy metal

[@bastienc7912]

@@martinrhodes1619 Relax! The video is good. I just wanted to comment that I agree that the concept of "jazz chord" is a non sense. Mozart didn't use power chords. You can find power chords a lot in medieval music but not in classical. Power chords are just composed with the root and the fifth, no third. Guitarists usually move them in parallel. When you study Mozart's harmony or classical aesthetic in general, you notice that they didn't omit the third in their chords. And never moving octaves and fifths in a parallel way is one of the first rules you learn when you start learning writing four voices harmony. But these habits of composing doesn't mean there are "classical music chords". There are simply chords. The same chords that everybody uses all over the world. Peace

[@martinrhodes1619]

@@bastienc7912 ok - fair point, I was misinformed about Mozart; thought he used root and fifth chords in his requiem! Obviously not. What about Mussorgsky?

[@GGutierrez]

Is he an Israeli?