What level blues are you feeling today?

“How much reverb do you want on the guitar?” “Yes”

I love seeing Adam in this informal context. I want more basics of jazz please!!!

Are you kidding? This is the best usable video on blues/jazz spice ever... So easy to get from an intermediate level... I showed my dad (my first guitar teacher and certified blues man since 1975 and he almost cried)... More like this Adam.. This shizz is the most profoundly usable type flex I seen that you got... Dang mang, you connected my two first loves in one lesson... All the spicy secrets... More please

As I'm watching this I can't take my eyes off of your picking hand. There is zero tension in your hand when you hold the pick. I'm envious! The whole time I'm expecting the pick to fly out of your fingers, yet you have complete control and pull off fast runs effortlessly. It's a pleasure to watch beautiful technique like that.

I remember going to a local music shop with a couple of very old blues guitarists, and I brought jazz up They said "Y'ever played with a jazz musician before?? I mean, come on! Hit the right notes!"

Damnnn, Rotem is an absolute beast, this is all way in over my head, but I couldn't help watching the entire thing with a smile on my face. I guess it's just something about seeing two experts in their field just talking about their craft Great video!

Shame thing about the focus but EVERYTHING else was such pure content and so enjoyable to watch :)

Really good Rotam and Adam. Very instructive. I do however, get "the look" from fellow blues /rock band members when I throw in even something from Level 2 into my keys solos!!.

This is hands down the most useful and more importantly useable blues/jazz theory video/lesson I’ve ever seen/taken… I’m so happy there is a guitar present, otherwise I would have to start telling people I play a six string bass tuned up an octave, out of sheer respect for Adam on this one… Thank god I can still say I play guitar the way Satan intended

such distinct personalities, and I love the dynamic that emerges between them!

This lesson is right up my alley, thanks to you guys, I got some new concepts to work on. Thanks so much.

Man you're style of playing, your tone, your touch, your phrasing.... Is so recognizible and so awesome. Everytime that I hear you play I know istantly that I'm listening to Rotem Sivan. I really love your "melodic" approach to improvvisation.

I remember learning how to cook back in university (many decades ago I'm afraid. First time away from mom, so it was either learn or starve). And the only spices I had any clue about were salt and pepper. And then one day someone turned my on to garlic. And then Chili. And then Red Peppers. WHOA. And so the journey began, and continues to this day. But it helps to get a little push at the start to open your eyes to the fact that there is more to life than salt and pepper.

Something about this video makes me loves it !! It sounds so authentic and you really see them feel all that jazz in their hearts! the dynamic is spectacle!

Bam! I feel like a new door has just opened. Thanks to you both guys!

Such a beautiful conversation between musicians, thanks

This is one of my favorite videos on KZfaq right now Rotem, your chord game is unstoppable

More videos from the two of you, Rotem & Adam! This waaaaay too good!

I don't know if it was only me, but the volume of the video was particularly low... my volume was up to the max and I had headphones! Otherwise, great video; I really like your sound and the vocabulary you use! Good job

Rotem, you inspire me every time!)) Thnx

Thank you for posting!! :)

Two things: 1. Thank you for this video; it really is a topic that we all struggle with. 2. That click every time something appears on screen is crazy annoying. It’s a particular frequency that stabs right through my ear drum into my brain. A sound with less harsh attack would be fine. Bonus thing: Again, really, thanks for the video.

adding the 2 of the tritone sub is otherwordly awesome! instant jazz!

Top level nerd knowledge mixed with OG musical sensibilities. Little of bro energy splashed on top. We got a wiiiiner.

Oh my god the melodies from 17:41 to 17:57 made me tear up. The feeling of melancholy mixed with hope and brightness is so hauntingly beautiful. I know i might sound a bit pretentious but damn that was beautiful. Rotem you are a modern legend, Adam to of course but that everyone already knows ^_^

Oh my.....what rich melodic architecture. Just love this. Namaste x

8:35 Adam's joy when he hears Barry Harris' G minor 6th diminished scale :D

Great lesson guys .. Kudos from Australia 🙏

16:45 What just happend there in the first 8 bars? Adam WOW! I haven't heard the actual melody to blues for alice before and thought that was THE actual melody. So nice

Great insightful lesson! Thank you!!

Gawd Damn Rotem! this is the best video I've seen this year so far, please do more collabs with Adam, this was liquid Gold! Out of this world playing as usual, thank you for sharing!

You are a beast of no nation thank u for the great info

Listen to you two is giving a lot of positive energy - very enjoyable

The trade to Florida has really had an effect on C. Giroux! :) Spicy sweet. Loaded with pearls that my basket is too small to hold. Thank you guys.

Level 6: just use pentatonics with bends and vibrato. Level 7: play them on an acoustic guitar. Level 8: use a slide. Level 9 : learn to play the harmonica. Level 10 : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/namPjNKJp9DSnKc.html

What opened my ears to true colours is Carla Bley's big band version of Mysterioso on the tribute album "That's the Way I Feel". Your heart will swell and you'll wonder how you ever managed without it.

I practice pent and blues scales, modes arpeggio s and chords. Also i watch both your channels nice to see you in one video! Thanks for all the information you share!

I always enjoy, learn from, and am inspired by videos and performances by either of these fine musicians of their own accord. Having these two collaborate like this is fan-freaking-tastic! Oooo, idea: you two should host a live masterclass at a good venue in NYC sometime. I would happily make the trek down from Boston to experience that event. It would be so great!

This is a great video and super helpful! It made me decide to subscribe to your Patreon and I've been having fun playing through the progressions. I would also love to see some content about how you come up with all the embellishments in your playing. Like even during the first level you're tossing in all kinds of additional chords, passing tones, and chord melody that makes the sound much more interesting, and I'd love to learn some tricks in that vein.

i love how you use your capo

Oh level 5 was like a light bulb moment. The other levels were just jaw dropping but stuff I already understood.

Subscribed because i enjoy feeling like an idiot on an instrument I've played all my life...

¡Thanks for this videos Rotem!

This does take my heart. Thank you Maestro Sivan.

Almost has a jazzy blues mix sound....silky smooth!

Let me be the guy that misses the point of the video here LOL to help with the camera focusing the wrong thing, put it it manual focus. If you are alone, but your guitar on the chair and manually focus on it and then start your video. boom! No more faces being out of focus :) Because I am into photography/video also.. this issue is so distracting to me hahaha Good job with the video guys

Just melted, thanks guys, beautiful

I kept waiting for Crowder to pop in. THAT is a trio I want to see! Excellent and informative as always.

I was a fan a both of you guys independently before this video so this is wonderful. absolute legends

I love Rotem's tone. For a while I thought the key ingredient is that Gibson Howard Roberts. But now you are getting that tone from an SG and that thinline as well. Gorgeous.

Thank you for clearing some mist about how jazz blues is constructed, looking forward to trying some of these out.

This is gold .. got so much insight into how to use the 2 5 and inspiration for where it could develop thanks

Oh! Adam you're killing it on four.

Such a pleasure to watch. Thanks to you both!

My favorite flavor of blues has always been the stormy monday changes

Absolutely gorgeous carvin instrument

Your enthusiasm inspires me; it's infectious and contagious; that fat body sounds great through that twin. I need more I'm going to check out your album if I can figure out how to log in to my Spotify account.

Thanks for this Rotem and Adam, great content and entertainment as well!!!

Amazing lesson, you guys are a great duo! Thanks!

Incredible playing, and a great lesson to watch. Thank you Rotem! Love Adam too

Makes my heart tick? @8:51 is a killer! 👍👍👍

That B roll is A+ today

You guys are awesome and I have a LOT of studying to do. Thanks.

The level of theoretical knowledge on display here is mind-numbing. When the bass player (Adam) is calling out all the chords as he leisurely plays a single note over the changes boggles the mind. Edit: adding timestamp 14:07

18:45 I love that salad analogy!

Awesome guys--a well conducted tour of the possibilities.

Every performance 🤩

This exposed me to new ideas, thank you

Wow, I gotta schedule some time today for this amazing lesson! Thanks guys 🙌🏻

Awesome video Rotem and Adam! I can't believe I didn't know you were on KZfaq

I have been waiting for this collab

Adam is very jovial here. Love it.

Different levels of rhythm changes!

Which is very cool....

You guys are great! Thanks!

love love love ur videos, and you having adam on is a super cool crossover episode

Fantastic playing! Inspired. cheers :) -Jared

Absolutely beautiful playing guys

Just found your channel thru Adams! Awesome man!

my favorite dudes on youtube

Great stuff you guys : ) BUT !!!!! Being from Chicago and as a Blues and Jazz player ; If you played all those nice changes and great licks sitting in on a real blues hit, they would politely ask you to get off the stage after one tune. I can totally understand where you're both coming from and would agree a bit with what you are both " TRYING " to relay, but blues in its raw form is simple. Max 1-4-5 . Which is why it is so hard to play correctly as jazz players will be at the bar most of the night if they took a blues hit. ( SPECIALLY DRUMMERS ) You might get away with a minor 2 sometimes specially in the Church BUT!!! add the 6 and we all start heading in a different direction. I'm with you on making it interesting and colourful but the blues is not interesting but certainly colourful in its form. It is about Pain , Sorrow , oppression but yet sometimes a lot of fun when it gets funky or a bit uptempo after coming from the bar by the second or third set. That's as far as one can go before it gets into a different genre and why jazz players created their own kind of blues. Called 2-5-1 and Remi and Courvoisier . Miles said it all. ( " It's All Blues " : ) You're both nice players Bless you both. : ). Peas to da Wurl.

The fist time I have enjoyed the blues lol. Especially around 10 minute mark.

over the years i’ve realized blues forms such that i end up with an infinitely eclectic repertoire.. often generated on the spot it’s weird how back in the 90s this seemed like unique knowledge to me, now it seems common, but to Bird, Miles etc it was common decades before we were all born

Loved it guys, good thing the background is in focus at least :P

wow. wanna learn this style. you da mvp

You guys are awesome!! Such a great lesson :)

Oh Rotem, absolutely incredible playing!

Sick boys!

Amazing!

This I love.

Damn dudes u are amazing

Great phrasing all around!

The Metheny influence is very apparent. Sounds great!

Great video! I learned a ton. You and Rick Beato must have the same camera guy.😁

I don't know why I never thought of this before but, when Bird wrote music, was he just writing melodies with implied harmonies, over changes in his head? Or did he play piano or something, or was usually with other musicians? Like did he write chord charts or indeed "know" the chords or was he just feeling the changes? Sorry for the long-winded question 😅

Absolutely superb. Love this! I prefer my blues much dirtier. Give me some 12 bar Buddy Guy. Beautiful work, gentlemen.

Thx so much sir

wonderful!

SPECTACULAR !