JAZZ GUITAR ESSENTIALS: What everyone should know

We're taking you through 7 levels of jazz harmony/chords & melody/solos. Thanks to @RotemSivanGuitar for helping this noob out!

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0:00 Intro
0:58 Level 1
2:49 Level 2
4:40 Level 3
7:20 Level 4
9:10 Level 5
12:28 Level 6
15:08 Level 7
20:20 Jazz improv

Hi, my name is Paul Davids! I am a guitar player, teacher, producer, and overall music enthusiast from the Netherlands! I try to inspire people from all over the world with my videos, here on YouTube.

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[Kansken]

"A scale is not a scale"
Yep, that's a jazz guitarist right there

[ButtholeLazer]

This reminds me of the day they introduced letters in math class.

[RotemSivanGuitar]

Was so fun, thanks for having me man! 🙏

[RahulSrivastava-dkwf]

"A scale is not a scale, it's a beautiful melody" - Rotem Sivan

[davecooper]

One of my biggest breakthroughs playing jazz was learning standards like "Take The A Train" and "Blue Bossa"
The more standards you learn, the better you get.

[micahmadore]

"A scale is not a scale, it's just a beautiful melody" means so much when you think about why we created scales in the first place

[benblackburn]

I have never been so entertained and so confused at the same time.

[maddoxpettyyy]

My level of jazz is a mixture of jazz and funk, its called junk

[Kaminski]

I just spent about 40 min watching this 21 min video, with lot's of "rewinds", being sure I understood the chords and the progression. I felt compelled to write with a thank you. I found your pacing, your casual relaxed tone, and the step by step progression from "level 1" to "level 7" to be great. I played along throughout, taking breaks to write down all the chords and labeling each note and its position in the scale on my paper, for full comprehension. Thank you for a great lesson!

[joeschultz]

I had the great privilege of studying with Rotem for a few months, brilliant musician and great teacher.

[MrBealvie]

knowing pauls editing, i can't be sure if they're in the same room or not

[oluwatobiadeleke]

"Minor 7 flat 5 'if I remember correctly'" I love the way Paul is pretending like he doesn't know these things!!!

[Tunesnthings]

Rotem’s tone is incredible. Sounds almost like a piano when he plays chords.

[cameronfair]

Learning jazz in the context of actually making music is way better than just “memorize the chords and scales and then figure out how to use them.” Helpful video!

[edgarcardona]

the chords progression from 10:29 the 2-5-1 to D and then the 2-5-1 to C was so beautiful and simple. love it

[nbidnm]

This is more like a lesson on how much I don't know about music.

[dduaneb]

You can tell Paul's the real deal. Not one negative or indecent post.

[guyjerry]

The cool thing about you is that you seem like a genuinely good dude, who is confident enough in his own abilities as a player that you give your guests the space to showcase what they do. Not only recognizing, but also appreciating that their strengths and areas of expertise are different from your own

[electron]

I love the relaxed sophisticated feel of that kind of guitar jazz.

[stevecorens]

Funny how these 2 gentlemen are so modest, while they are actual guitar geniuses. Fantastic video.