Everyone may have their favorites, but before you say someone is "better" than Ted, just stop and say what you really mean; that you "like" another player more. Otherwise, you're being a complete fool.
He was a genius, wonderfull teacher and very spiritual. He charged $25/1hour lesson while others(famous guitarists inLA) charge $200/1 hour lesson. He did clinic in MI for many times in his life and every time he's in, all the teachers and students went to see how he played these chordsI had chance to talk to hime couple times. He's like a monk. than a musician. RIP mr Greene
The guy was a genius, and yet there are turds in the comments saying 'so-and-so is better!' Great, now run along and listen to them, you douche-canoe. I'm trying to enjoy some Ted.
Here I'am lost on you tube and never even heard of Ted Greene and I'm blown away. But wait a minute Ted I play Buck Owens, Mearle Haggard and Waylon stuff on my Tele and you are doing heavenly stuff on yours. Just goes to show, a geneus can play any freegin thing and make it sound heavenly. I'm sure Danny Gatton is listening to you my friend.......
If this impresses you... seek out Randall Dollohan (U. of Miami guitar professor). HE is easily at this level, if not "better." He has not recorded, but he is well known, nonetheless. I've witnessed on MANY occasion this sort of thing from him....
I've always wanted to hear Ted play live after learning his insane Chord Chemestry method. He plays nice solo, but sounds a little nervous getting around to some of the changes. But not every player is a Joe Pass.
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Greene was okay. He had no fire.
Montgomery, Bach, Parker, McCartney, Coltrane, Getz, Hendrix, the transcendent Michael Schenker, Louis Armstrong, Eddie Van Halen, Lennon, Benson, Metheny,Brahms, Beethoven - they all understood theory at its trenchant, inherent, visceral soul.
They were GENIUS. This is understanding the flaming emotion of music in a way the theorist can never comprehend
@Vstrat0 Haha.. I bet u never listen to Ted Greene b4. Go search around and yes it's not fire but sound like crystal water from the purist spring that he had.
0 @Vstrat0 Haha.. I bet u never listen to Ted Greene b4. Go search around and yes it's not fire but sound like crystal water from the purist spring that he had.
@Vstrat0 yeah bach was likely the greatest musician to ever live technically speaking, and as a composer completely eclipses anyone contemporary, but ted greene was much better at playing the guitar, if you know what i mean =)
@peterjkoopman Look in the Forums section at TedGreene(dot)com - for instructions on how to procure the entire video. If you've not visited there, you are in for a real treat! Enjoy! Barbara
I happened to stumble upon Ted Greene just now and right away I noticed everything good people praise him about. I just knew the guy now for and my heart goes out to him. Great to discover a new awesome guitarist. A genius.
I'm a jazz piano player but I am very impressed with Ted Greene's incredible almost eternal wisdom of musical theory and the sophistication of his harmonic structures of standards. Plus he was able to approach any student's level of skill and helping them to continually advance and grow. Exceptional teachers like Ted only come around maybe once in a generation and able to communicate their wisdom to students in a way they can understand and relate too. He is missed and not replaced.
If you like this clip, go the the Ted Greene website to see more good stuff. Click on "Performances", then "Audio Performances", then "Ted at Joey Backenstoe's Wedding". Scroll down to where it says "Baroqe Improv" and see some amazing stuff, especially that last clip.
i love how amazing of a teacher he is. it just depresses me that my favorite guitar player of all time died before i started playing. thank god he wrote 4 books
I met Ted and had a buddy that took lessons from him. He was an odd sort of genius (obviously). He was this soft spoken all the time and seemed super shy. I don't know what kind of diagnosis he might have been given, but I wish I had just a bit of it! We miss him!
A great player and teacher. He appears to have a lot of nervous ticks, did he have a disorder of some kind? You hear often of people with disorders and diseases (tourettes, parkinsons, etc.) who are "re-aligned" through music.
Those aren't nervous ticks if your refering to his foot and head shake, one's to keep time the other strangely helps you play those tough lines better, it detracts you in a way from the details of what your doing!
stumbled across ted accidently,devine serendipity! the word genius is often misused on the mediocre!but not here:a true genius!awsome harmonic ability of a kind rarely seen!just bought chord chemistry.can,t wait to get my teeth into it!
i am a former student of Ted's. i miss him ! and i love when he was sitting on the floor of his apartment he would improvise in the style of bach. he also gave me one of his guitars and signed and dated it
This is incredible. I can't believe the sound he's getting. It's so simple and pure, yet so nuanced. This is probably the most beautiful tone you can get out of an electric guitar.
"Chord Chemistry" changed my musical life for sure! I remenber i found it first in the early 90's, and that was the end of my infatuation with rock/metal music, and the beginning of my lifelong passion for jazz : ) Check out also his books: "Jazz single note soloing Volumes I and II"
I've never heard anyone with Ted's tone before, if I could play like him I would never worry about practicing my picking or any other stuff his playing connects with me deeper than anyone else hands down
This man was one of the greatest guitar instructors that ever lived. It's such a loss that he's not around anymore. EVERY instructional book that Ted Green was wonderfully explained without fuss & pretention.
Ted was by far a major influence on so many guitarists around the world. He showed us that we could take the guitar out of the norm by treating the instrument as an orchestra. His approach to playing rhythm, bass and melody all at once inspired so many of us to explore the unlimited possibilities on the guitar. His Chord Chemistry book is a must for any guitarist, intermediate or advanced. Also, all of his books are masterpieces in learning. My Chord Chemistry book is always at my side.
Every shit guitar video on youtube should be wiped off, and replaced with Teds videos. The man is a sick, sick musician. Every time i hear him or show someone else ted it makes my ear become horny. Badass
@rayjr62 Ted played very nicely and tastefully. I realize that they normally perform(ed) in two totally different genres, although Allan CAN play in virtually any musical arena - standards, straight ahead jazz, etc. We have been long time friends (I played drums with him many years ago). I'm in the first picture on his website "Pix" page - unnamed. But I digress. One major difference between Ted and Allan, is that when Allan makes a mistake, only he knows it; not the listener.
Yes, I bought Chord Chemistry about 10 years ago too, and I also still have not mastered it fully. Ted was such a gentleman, may the good Lord bless his soul. In this video, he appears uncomfortable, maybe he had become ill by then.
Wow. What a great player...I've been working out of his books and listening to his album for years, but somehow I still don't sound like that! There must be something wrong with my Tele...I can't believe some of the posts on here criticizing his clothes and stage presence - God, aren't you LISTENING? And by the way, he doesn't have Parkinsons - he's doing a secret technique very few jazz guitarists know about called "vibrato". Look it up, kids. Anyway, RIP Ted - you are sadly missed.
My tele doesnt do it either.. and I have a ton of bf and sf fenders like in the vid.. tried a few different pickups. Just cant nail it.. must be the fingers :) But if you like tele jazz have you checked Ed Bickert?
To bimwopbarn/ 1: I took issue with your statement simply because I am sick and tired of hearing newer generations of guitar aficionados placing talented -(many of them eminent players of this beautiful and complex instrument)- in the competitive context as anyone would boxers, basketball, hockey, football players, etc. It is an insult to measure artists in that manner. Players have their style and personal approach to music.
To bimwopbarn/ 2: Is there actually such a thing about Pat Metheny being better than Pat Martino, or Jimmy Bruno better than Robert Conti, or Ulf Walkenious being better than Bireli Lagrene, etc.?...People, just take your pick and follow your favorite ones, support them and study them as well but please, leave those you would not care about alone. Ted Greene was an eminent musician, a fabulous guitarist in his style, a true innovator concerning the ways in which he believed guitar (Cont.)
To bimwopbarn/ 3: (Cont.) harmony needed to be approached. He left us his music and also books he wrote that are priceless thus educational material of indisputable value in the world of the guitar. He was also a good, peaceful, loving and generous man. I believe that honoring his memory in a respectful and also appropriate way includes keeping it away at all times from the Roman circus in which one gladiator had to overcome the power of another gladiator in order to survive.
parkinson's or not.. It truly did amazing things to his playing. I know it may be a dick comment on my part, but the way his chords vibrato, it causes an eerie, uncopyable echo that gave him a sound all his own.
A truly uneducated commentary to make in here. Joe Pass was a legend on his own right, a master with a superlative level of knowledge of the instrument and an incredible taste for phrasing. For starters, just go listen to his record "For Django", recorded in 1963, and then come back to this site to opine. Ted Greene, with his own grandeur and immense as well indisputable talent would have slapped you right across the face for making such a ridiculous comparison. I mean it too, kiddo.
1st, i love joe pass. Ted greene wouldnt have slapped me.he may or may not have agreed with me but who cares; Im entitled to my own opinion. I should have been more specific. I enjoy listening to ted greene's solo guitar more than joe pass'. Thats just me, i think ted greene is a musical genious who understood things about chord construction and voicing that made him almost like a classical composer not to mention his understanding of jazz and phrasing. Its an opinion buddy, relax.
Ok, this is a demo video, but the late Ted Greene was one of the greatest guitarists ever. Just listen to his 'A Certain Smile' on his only CD. His phrasing,use of chords, movement in and out of keys, his tone, his feeling, his music. Truly beautiful. Inspirational. His medium of the electric guitar showed what can be achieved on this instrument. Not many are able to do so. An antidote to the truly raucous sounds commonly associated with the guitar.
Ted Greene was an unusual individual and character .His persona added to his mystique. He was always true to his music and on a level of musicianship not reached by many.... Besides that his music speaks for itself.
Even if this was recorded in the early 90s, and even if Ted is isnt living with us anymore, his music is so much "now" then anything Ive ever heard. When I heard this the first time, I was working with it myself, obsessed with playing hip qauartal harmony stuff, both linear and horizontal, pushing speed boundries (think I got insprired from Keith Jarrett here on youtube) etc. And then I hear this, this cathedral of sounds and think that this, is one truth of this tune I never thought existed.
Well Here we go again. Ted Greene is hard to look at and gets on my nerves. He is a good guitar player, tasteful. Visually speaking, very annoying. For a reason, a lot of Jazz musicians feel they have to make faces , look intense, wear ridiculous hats and dress awful to look cool. As ridiculous as 1980 hair guitar players with hot faces or wannabe blues players with "what's that smell" look (BB King can do it right and nobody else). Lenny Breau did not need to go thru this nonsense.
Mr. stratojetb47. The is THE late, great Ted Greene... guitarist extrodinare as an educator and player, and you are writing about how his facial expressions get on your nerves. I'm sorry, but all I can do is write about how you, my friend, are just plain stupid. Do us other musicians a favor, and go watch videos of Paris Hilton..something more on your level of intelligence.
At least you call me Mr. You are a polite man. What I write may not please you, does not mean it is stupid. I just make a point. I have seen a lot a Jazz shows and for a reason, jazz musicians just don't have it visually speaking. Music is also a show. This is all I said. Nothing personnal. When in front of peoples, get dressed correctly and move elegantly , or , if you can't, just stay put like Clapton. Easier to watch.
stratojetb47-You are an imbecile. Are we supposed to care if you are irritated? You appear to have little education and even less taste. A person on whom complex harmonies and sophisticated interpretations are wasted. You are a person who HEARS with their EYES. You think music is a show! It is NOT. Music is a universal language to express ideas, thoughts, and feelings; things you'll never have the capacity to deal with. kuhchicken was right. Go and WATCH your Brittney Spears videos.
It seems that you don't earn a living with music, obviously. Is it better to play 1000 chords for 3 persons or three chords for 1000 persons. I would choose the second option , according to your logic. As far as hearing with eyes, well, I go to a show to go somewhere else, to dream. not to see what I can see on the street. Now, as far as complex harmonies, this is a trade-off. Most people can't go this far, so , to have an audience, you gotta have a balance.
Wrong again! I've made a living playing jazz guitar for over 25 years for listening audiences . You can't see sound without an oscilloscope! You have to hear it. As far as playing three chords, that sounds like it's right up your alley. If I were you I would quit while I was behind. People come to this page because we love Ted Greene and his beautiful playing and because he was a beautiful person. Incidentally he was wearing street clothes because this was a guitar clinic, not a performance.
Right on the money. It seems you do not like to be challenged. You see, by just telling the bare truth , I was treated as: Imbecile, dork,ignorant, MTV and Paris Hilton fan . Now, I remind you that I like what I hear , not what I see. Nothing more. The reason I like it is because I play a little bit of chord melody to elevate my spirit from time to time. I still forgive you.
Stratoknucklehead (just to add to your list), the "truth" as you call it is nothing more than your particular narrow perception of Ted Greene. You are obviously not going to stop thinking you are just plain right, but you are just not getting what this man is about. He is not styling, and he IS a genius. By focusing on his quirky movements, you discredit him greatly, as well as the music and his contributions to it. Broaden your perception! Grow up a little! I give up on you.
You see, insolence and insult are the weapons of the undeveloped minds. By the way Ted Greene plays well but the harmonies he uses are very simple: IIm7-V7 -1chord. He also plays /chords (hybrids) sparingly and his sound is recognizable by use of false harmonics.
It is done with good taste. I don't discredit him at all. If you need to heighten your knowledge of jazz harmony, it is $55.00/hre,for you. As far as getting good manners, ask your parents to revisit the topic . There is hope...
Ted Greene, an amazing human ...I only just discovered his music ...Saw him during an interview a number of years back. The Genious of Lenny Breau, produced by his daughter.I now have new inspirations ....does anyone know where I could get any of his recordings? I particulaly love the 1977 recording he has posted on his My Space Tribute site. Cheers and Than you for posting this clip. Dave W Calgary
Ted was 100 years ahead of his time. I took lessons from him a couple of years before I learned that he had passed. He only charged $20 per lesson, when he could have easily commanded $100! Very modest and humble, and a sweet man, despite the fact that he was one of the best in the world. I had studied all of his books for years, my favorite being Chord Chemistry (the original cover photo of which he described himself as a "wooly mammoth"). RIP, Ted! You are sorely missed!
Wow!! You took lessons from Ted Greene? I picked up Chord Chemistry about 20 years ago and it's been my bible ever since. When I saw this clip I had to put it up to the monitor to see if it was the same Ted Greene.(before I started reading the comments, that is. That is one cool memory to have my friend. Cheers!
Ted was suprisingly accessible for being so legendary. And he had this amazing ability of being able turn his head and have you try to "stump" him by playing any chord (or random cluster of notes), then telling you exactly where and how you played it. He would even instantly identify the chord by every possible root and tell you which chord tones were missing and which tones you should let ring out more. All of this without looking!
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Playing is good if you don't watch. All of this wobbling and shakin the hands and guitar gets on the nerves. Musicianship is very good. Music is also a scenic art. The purpose of it is primarely entertainement. Some very talented musicians miss the point by being too much down to earth.
I'm not sure that I understand your point. I had the honor of seeing Segovia play live shortly before he died. His wife had to lead him on stage, help him to his seat, then she placed the guitar in his shaking hands. Poor guy could barely move on his own, let alone see two feet in front of him. What transpired was the most amazing flawless performance ever (despite the "wobbling and shakin" hands), and this is the opinion of a "guitar snob" with over 30 years of experience on the instrument!
Well Segovia is not in the same league. Not at all. You compare a master and a pionneer to a contemporary jazz musician. If you watch Barney Kessel Joe Pass or Clapton, you would not see anaything like this. Singers and performers are continuously corrected on the way they look, perform . Nothing worse than a performer who's doing hot faces all the time. You have to play and deliver the music for the audience with soberness.
stratojetb47- Ted Greene was one of the most unique guitar players - and musicians for that matter, that ever lived. He didn't have to do any more than what he is did to be absolutely amazing - and the musicians you mention - although great, are the ones that aren't in the same league as Ted. Ted was a pioneer. Go back to masturbating to Steve Vai video's you priest-fisting alter boy. When your mum comes home tonight, I'm going to tell her to pack her bags...I'm through with both of you.
People fron Australia are known to be very amiable and courteous. Please, don't tarnish this reputation. Ted, although very musical visually gets on the nerves. Steve Vai was not even in the discussion, but he looks and move way more elegantly. As far as beeing pionneer, everything that Ted does has been done way before him. Pioneer: "One who ventures into unknown or unclaimed territory to settle." This def. fits Kessel and Segovia Hendrix, Holdsworth, Lenny Brault not Greene.
Stratodork, why don't you just stop. Go watch MTV and leave the music to those who appreciate it. Ted Greene was no poser. He was simply feeling every note he played. He was one of the elite musical scholars of all time. You are a boil on the butt of the musical landscape; you irritate and won't go away.
Dear Mr Scooteroo, you lack a little bit of imagination in your insults. May I remind you that it is not mandatory to feel every note this much to play good music. My significant other had a look at this video, as well as some normal human beeings(outside your knowledgeable circle) and they all came to my conclusions; you can play nice tunes without all of this shaking. I am glad you appreciate music; as far as debating some other points of views,well, you have some ways to go. I forgive you.
Stratojet put Clapton in the same sentence as Greene and Kessel. He probably doesn't even know who Lenny Breau is. That's like putting my name next to Stephen Hawking and calling me an astro physisist when I can probably only identify the big & little dippers...
dont you just love the fact that a tele is used here. blows out all those manual heads that think you need certain guitars to play certain types of music.
Today I was staring at Chord Chemistry and the Modern Chord Progressions books on the floor of my teaching room. I've had the these books since they first came out in the seventies.. I must have looked at both of them thousands of times. After countless hours of studying I still feel I haven't begun I appoach Ted's level of understanding and ability. He was by far the most influential guitarist around. All the great/famous players went to him for lessons. He didn't want the limelight.
Thank you for the clip, I`ve had his book Modern Chord Progressions since the 70`s so I searched his name here. I`m sorry to hear he passed, but glad I finally got to see him play guitar after all these years.
I'm sorry to know he has passed. In the many years of lessons as a kid I spent years working through "Chord Chemistry" I'd never seen him "live" so to speak, but he seems to be such a great guy. That quote "It's just a problem, we deal with it" is so simple, yet so incredibly wise.
He appears to have suffered from Parkinson's. am I wrong?
I am extremely grateful for your having posted this. Thank you.
My guitar teacher met Joe Pass once and Pass said that Ted Greene was one of the best players around.
He quite clearly was pretty damn good. Not sure what the problem with his facial expressions anyway? When did being "normal looking" become a requirement for jazz musicians. Shut up and listen people.
It's great to see that Chord Chemistry and Modern Chord Progressions by Ted Greene are still available. CHeck them out if you're serious about your music.
I never thought I'd get to see Ted play but what a fantastic clip and what a humble guy.
It is so great to see this clip of Ted Greene. He is a wonderful guitarist . It is cool to see how he responds to someone in the audience (at Musicians Institute in L.A.) when they ask him to walk a bass line under the chord changes. He doesnt wave off the challenge. He says, i dont know if i can , but i am sure gonna try to. Thanks for the inspiration Ted.
PLEASE DON'T READ THIS you will die in seven days if you don't post this comment on 10 videos in the next hour. if you do, tomorrow will be the best day of your life
My dear friend Ted. He was in Heaven when he played. One night I was sleeping. I heard a soft " hello Lori" " hello Lori". I sat up and said, I hear you , but I can't see you, and I don't know who you are, but I am acknoledging you. I found out a week later that Ted died that night. Ted was a kind soul. He loved and respected animals.
No debate, this man was not a star, a recording artist, nor a songwriter, and not always a great live performer. He lit a lot of torches, though, and a lot of people more extroverted / savvy / etc than he benefited from his scholarly, humble approach. A friend who took lessons told me that he never gave himself a raise--his hourly rate stayed 20 years behind the times. Hard to see how he made a living. Not a star, not a songwriter. Yep, that's true.
Ted was a serious, serious harmonist. His book was never surpassed. Yeah, not the demeanor of a showoff, and sometimes more interested in the deep theory. But in this short solo instructional clip, you will hear more harmonic movement than, say, the entire career of the Grateful Dead--just to pick an arbitrary comparator.
Of course you're correct about harmonic movement, yet that isn't a question of taste but rather an irrefutable fact that is provable under empiracal analysis, much like a problem in physics or chemistry.
Music, however, cannot merely be reduced to it's constituent parts and assayed for various quanities of "harmonic movement" or "dissonance" for example, so as to be understood in a way that satifies intellectually and emotionally.
To continue, this is a roundabout way of saying that you're comparing apples and silicon chips when comparing say Jerry Garcia to Ted Greene. Indeed, the former is by far and away a better songwriter.
I just put all of my guitar gear on eBay.
Eflatmajor7sharp11 2 months ago in playlist chord melody
Totally irreplacable.
I have been looking on his website for yrs now and i have yet to find a better instructor.
taildragger53 3 months ago
This man wrote the book chord chemistry, he understands chords like crazy! I am gonna get that book.
Fenderkid67 3 months ago
Everyone may have their favorites, but before you say someone is "better" than Ted, just stop and say what you really mean; that you "like" another player more. Otherwise, you're being a complete fool.
graveljaw 5 months ago
He was a genius, wonderfull teacher and very spiritual. He charged $25/1hour lesson while others(famous guitarists inLA) charge $200/1 hour lesson. He did clinic in MI for many times in his life and every time he's in, all the teachers and students went to see how he played these chordsI had chance to talk to hime couple times. He's like a monk. than a musician. RIP mr Greene
funkeemon 8 months ago
The guy was a genius, and yet there are turds in the comments saying 'so-and-so is better!' Great, now run along and listen to them, you douche-canoe. I'm trying to enjoy some Ted.
hotrodius 8 months ago 3
on drugs
MrGrego73 8 months ago
Here I'am lost on you tube and never even heard of Ted Greene and I'm blown away. But wait a minute Ted I play Buck Owens, Mearle Haggard and Waylon stuff on my Tele and you are doing heavenly stuff on yours. Just goes to show, a geneus can play any freegin thing and make it sound heavenly. I'm sure Danny Gatton is listening to you my friend.......
MrWeedpatch 9 months ago
If this impresses you... seek out Randall Dollohan (U. of Miami guitar professor). HE is easily at this level, if not "better." He has not recorded, but he is well known, nonetheless. I've witnessed on MANY occasion this sort of thing from him....
SurveyofFilmMusic 11 months ago
I've always wanted to hear Ted play live after learning his insane Chord Chemestry method. He plays nice solo, but sounds a little nervous getting around to some of the changes. But not every player is a Joe Pass.
hotplate85 1 year ago
can I double favorite?
funkadelic123 1 year ago
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Greene was okay. He had no fire.
Montgomery, Bach, Parker, McCartney, Coltrane, Getz, Hendrix, the transcendent Michael Schenker, Louis Armstrong, Eddie Van Halen, Lennon, Benson, Metheny,Brahms, Beethoven - they all understood theory at its trenchant, inherent, visceral soul.
They were GENIUS. This is understanding the flaming emotion of music in a way the theorist can never comprehend
Vstrat0 1 year ago
@Vstrat0 Haha.. I bet u never listen to Ted Greene b4. Go search around and yes it's not fire but sound like crystal water from the purist spring that he had.
truecolourzz 1 year ago
@truecolourzz you know what? you are mostly right about that.... I will listen to some more - thanks for straightening me out
Vstrat0 1 year ago
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truecolourzz 1 year ago
@Vstrat0 ted greene could go poopie with his guitar on every single act you mentioned.
Omnichronicles 1 year ago
@Omnichronicles Man I have been listening to the guy he was incredible..... only reason I'm leaving that stupid post on here is... contrition.
I dunno about that poopie business.... Bach was pretty good musician !! But this guy was a master
Vstrat0 1 year ago
@Vstrat0 yeah bach was likely the greatest musician to ever live technically speaking, and as a composer completely eclipses anyone contemporary, but ted greene was much better at playing the guitar, if you know what i mean =)
Omnichronicles 1 year ago
@Vstrat0 Greene had no fire. Well, if it is any consolation, neither do you. You gotta stick and move, sonny boy. Step up your game.
rayjr62 10 months ago
Of course, such a master could only play a Telecaster.
blueskidd96 1 year ago
genius
dealer205 1 year ago
i have chord chemistry is a great book -- blew my mind when i first got it
Tavernman06 1 year ago
this is one of the most touching things i've seen on youtube. This is the first time i listen to him.. i think.
14luisalonso 1 year ago 2
i can BARELY hear the tele...just him talking!
otissss71 1 year ago
robot!
geetar05217 1 year ago
The guitar's lost magician. He had a musical conception of the guitar unlike anyone in the world.
hotrodius 1 year ago
Any idea where I can get a video of this workshop in its entirety?
peterjkoopman 1 year ago
@peterjkoopman Look in the Forums section at TedGreene(dot)com - for instructions on how to procure the entire video. If you've not visited there, you are in for a real treat! Enjoy! Barbara
Tedsbarbara 1 year ago
This is incredible.
54spiritedwill54 1 year ago
Nobody knows more about chord melody than this guy. He is the teacher of guitar teachers
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kingofskateop 1 year ago
what alteration is he doing to that Fmaj7 chord at 47s (original Gmaj7 in key of E minor)??!!
blujafunk 1 year ago
That's an Fmaj7#5. From the D melodic (jazz) minor scale.
jazzstevie 1 year ago
Yo, dont know, but it sounds like a diminished major7 chord (Bb, Db, Fb, A) perhaps? I dont have my guitar around so I cant check it.
Best, Sandemose
Sandemose 1 year ago
Anyone else notice him shake, especially his foot?? Its kind of off-putting.... But he is great
ckfootballman 2 years ago
I happened to stumble upon Ted Greene just now and right away I noticed everything good people praise him about. I just knew the guy now for and my heart goes out to him. Great to discover a new awesome guitarist. A genius.
lazloleaf 2 years ago
Wow... he was on a whole different level.
ZenDeividdo 2 years ago 11
Ted Greene was amazing and his baroque improv is also mind blowing
wkriski 2 years ago
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TedGreeneArchives 2 years ago
I'm a jazz piano player but I am very impressed with Ted Greene's incredible almost eternal wisdom of musical theory and the sophistication of his harmonic structures of standards. Plus he was able to approach any student's level of skill and helping them to continually advance and grow. Exceptional teachers like Ted only come around maybe once in a generation and able to communicate their wisdom to students in a way they can understand and relate too. He is missed and not replaced.
nitekatt2007 2 years ago 16
@nitekatt2007 this guys great but check out allan holdsworth
jamesmanortiz 1 year ago
@jamesmanortiz Alan Holdsworth used to check out Ted Greene for ideas and inspiration.
rayjr62 10 months ago
It seems it was an improvisation from a student request at 2:20 to contrast both Jazz style and the style of Bach over a chord progression.
Stunning.
marv1984 2 years ago
Anyone know what the guy in the audience asks of Ted at 2:20 ?
Not clear what Ted goes on to try...
Thanks.
marv1984 2 years ago
i want him to be my teacher.
bytedildo 2 years ago 3
May the spirit of Lenny, and Ted, and "this idea" stay alive forever.
BlingMasterFunk 2 years ago
I meant "Baroque". Sorry.
koreankayagum 2 years ago
If you like this clip, go the the Ted Greene website to see more good stuff. Click on "Performances", then "Audio Performances", then "Ted at Joey Backenstoe's Wedding". Scroll down to where it says "Baroqe Improv" and see some amazing stuff, especially that last clip.
koreankayagum 2 years ago
i love how amazing of a teacher he is. it just depresses me that my favorite guitar player of all time died before i started playing. thank god he wrote 4 books
nickfromdtown1992 2 years ago
I met Ted and had a buddy that took lessons from him. He was an odd sort of genius (obviously). He was this soft spoken all the time and seemed super shy. I don't know what kind of diagnosis he might have been given, but I wish I had just a bit of it! We miss him!
MackFlyingV 2 years ago
RIP, we miss you.
thebytegrill 2 years ago
A great player and teacher. He appears to have a lot of nervous ticks, did he have a disorder of some kind? You hear often of people with disorders and diseases (tourettes, parkinsons, etc.) who are "re-aligned" through music.
amusiathread 2 years ago
Those aren't nervous ticks if your refering to his foot and head shake, one's to keep time the other strangely helps you play those tough lines better, it detracts you in a way from the details of what your doing!
thebytegrill 2 years ago 2
stumbled across ted accidently,devine serendipity! the word genius is often misused on the mediocre!but not here:a true genius!awsome harmonic ability of a kind rarely seen!just bought chord chemistry.can,t wait to get my teeth into it!
muzmix123 2 years ago
i am a former student of Ted's. i miss him ! and i love when he was sitting on the floor of his apartment he would improvise in the style of bach. he also gave me one of his guitars and signed and dated it
moreronlikeme 2 years ago 2
jesus man how lucky are you!
lifeemusicelife 2 years ago
This is incredible. I can't believe the sound he's getting. It's so simple and pure, yet so nuanced. This is probably the most beautiful tone you can get out of an electric guitar.
ShredST 2 years ago
he has some STRANGE facial expressions going! i just got chord chemistry and man that book is tough!
kalapoka666 2 years ago
"Chord Chemistry" changed my musical life for sure! I remenber i found it first in the early 90's, and that was the end of my infatuation with rock/metal music, and the beginning of my lifelong passion for jazz : ) Check out also his books: "Jazz single note soloing Volumes I and II"
mindaflame7 2 years ago
this fellow was the teacher of my current jazz teacher
cobian2006 2 years ago
I've never heard anyone with Ted's tone before, if I could play like him I would never worry about practicing my picking or any other stuff his playing connects with me deeper than anyone else hands down
kentsla 2 years ago
Seems to me as just a clean fender with some chorus and reverb.
tjchep 2 years ago
Mr. Greene's CHORD CHEMISTRY book has given me a lifetime of study. I wish I could have met him. Unequivocal genius.
schniggitty1 2 years ago
I miss Ted. He was a very cool and funny guy... and he looked at music and the guitar in a very unique and beautiful way.
AllknowingGuitarGuru 2 years ago
This man was one of the greatest guitar instructors that ever lived. It's such a loss that he's not around anymore. EVERY instructional book that Ted Green was wonderfully explained without fuss & pretention.
taildragger51 2 years ago
that is so beautiful
loveforsteelstrings 2 years ago
What amp is he playing?
Loki5147 2 years ago
looks like a fender
stluciferchrist 2 years ago
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he looks retarded. good playing though
guitarD92 2 years ago
Genius, That's teriffic, thx so much for uploading.
Putytand 2 years ago 2
Gilyslas 2 years ago 4
Eargasm... Ted is the best
illCrackYoFace 2 years ago
crazy face haeuhaehuae
Saccomani 2 years ago
Anyone who enjoyed this video and doesn't have ted's book chord chemistry needs to get it. One of the greatest books a guitarist can have.
FadetoBlack2644 2 years ago
This is my first encounter with Ted he is some player. Such a soft, deep tone from his playing has he recorded many CDs
DrSlide 2 years ago
hes my favorite player
its sad that he was gone before i played guitar
his technique applies to all styles
he was a musical genius
he didnt even have to play anything complex
but since he played the shit out of it
he was the best
and he has a way of making something so complicated so simple
this man, to me, was the best
nickfromdtown1992 2 years ago 4
alan holdsworth is up there aswell but as a teacher ted greene is better and hes solo arrangements on guitar are second to none
fadzmaco 2 years ago 2
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lidesnowi 2 years ago
wow
Paulasse8 2 years ago 3
he is definetly a guitar players guitar player if you know what i mean
Tangerinemustang 2 years ago 4
Every shit guitar video on youtube should be wiped off, and replaced with Teds videos. The man is a sick, sick musician. Every time i hear him or show someone else ted it makes my ear become horny. Badass
seamuslowe 2 years ago 3
You obviously never heard Allan Holdsworth
cookymann 2 years ago
@cookymann I have, and he is not to be compared to Ted Greene. That is like trying to compare apples with oranges.
rayjr62 10 months ago
@rayjr62 Ted played very nicely and tastefully. I realize that they normally perform(ed) in two totally different genres, although Allan CAN play in virtually any musical arena - standards, straight ahead jazz, etc. We have been long time friends (I played drums with him many years ago). I'm in the first picture on his website "Pix" page - unnamed. But I digress. One major difference between Ted and Allan, is that when Allan makes a mistake, only he knows it; not the listener.
cookymann 9 months ago
I can't stop watching these Ted Greene videos. Thank you so so much for posting .
acetoned76 3 years ago
His foot sure likes to wobble!
Sjjags 3 years ago
this guy was truly gifted. i bought a copy of "Chord Chemistry" 10 years ago and still haven't gone through the whole book thoroughly...
ovneb 3 years ago 4
His tone is so awesome.
seandog1234 3 years ago
Yes, I bought Chord Chemistry about 10 years ago too, and I also still have not mastered it fully. Ted was such a gentleman, may the good Lord bless his soul. In this video, he appears uncomfortable, maybe he had become ill by then.
jjmatashi 3 years ago
I'm looking in too buying all of his books, are they in tabs? He doesn't seem like the kind of musician to use tabs, so precise and godlike.
illCrackYoFace 3 years ago
No tabs...but the music in his books isn't difficult to read at all.You just have to put in the time.
tropics1020 3 years ago
Wow. What a great player...I've been working out of his books and listening to his album for years, but somehow I still don't sound like that! There must be something wrong with my Tele...I can't believe some of the posts on here criticizing his clothes and stage presence - God, aren't you LISTENING? And by the way, he doesn't have Parkinsons - he's doing a secret technique very few jazz guitarists know about called "vibrato". Look it up, kids. Anyway, RIP Ted - you are sadly missed.
mstetson72 3 years ago 3
LOL, I know what you mean man, but you can't criticize non musicians, they can't hear what we hear...
8triagrammer 3 years ago
My tele doesnt do it either.. and I have a ton of bf and sf fenders like in the vid.. tried a few different pickups. Just cant nail it.. must be the fingers :) But if you like tele jazz have you checked Ed Bickert?
booradleymtl 3 years ago
To bimwopbarn/ 1: I took issue with your statement simply because I am sick and tired of hearing newer generations of guitar aficionados placing talented -(many of them eminent players of this beautiful and complex instrument)- in the competitive context as anyone would boxers, basketball, hockey, football players, etc. It is an insult to measure artists in that manner. Players have their style and personal approach to music.
DF9S5 3 years ago 3
To bimwopbarn/ 2: Is there actually such a thing about Pat Metheny being better than Pat Martino, or Jimmy Bruno better than Robert Conti, or Ulf Walkenious being better than Bireli Lagrene, etc.?...People, just take your pick and follow your favorite ones, support them and study them as well but please, leave those you would not care about alone. Ted Greene was an eminent musician, a fabulous guitarist in his style, a true innovator concerning the ways in which he believed guitar (Cont.)
DF9S5 3 years ago 2
To bimwopbarn/ 3: (Cont.) harmony needed to be approached. He left us his music and also books he wrote that are priceless thus educational material of indisputable value in the world of the guitar. He was also a good, peaceful, loving and generous man. I believe that honoring his memory in a respectful and also appropriate way includes keeping it away at all times from the Roman circus in which one gladiator had to overcome the power of another gladiator in order to survive.
DF9S5 3 years ago
parkinson's or not.. It truly did amazing things to his playing. I know it may be a dick comment on my part, but the way his chords vibrato, it causes an eerie, uncopyable echo that gave him a sound all his own.
theprofessiona1 3 years ago
pure genious i think he blows joe pass out of the water and i mean it
bimwopbarn 3 years ago
A truly uneducated commentary to make in here. Joe Pass was a legend on his own right, a master with a superlative level of knowledge of the instrument and an incredible taste for phrasing. For starters, just go listen to his record "For Django", recorded in 1963, and then come back to this site to opine. Ted Greene, with his own grandeur and immense as well indisputable talent would have slapped you right across the face for making such a ridiculous comparison. I mean it too, kiddo.
DF9S5 3 years ago
1st, i love joe pass. Ted greene wouldnt have slapped me.he may or may not have agreed with me but who cares; Im entitled to my own opinion. I should have been more specific. I enjoy listening to ted greene's solo guitar more than joe pass'. Thats just me, i think ted greene is a musical genious who understood things about chord construction and voicing that made him almost like a classical composer not to mention his understanding of jazz and phrasing. Its an opinion buddy, relax.
bimwopbarn 3 years ago
I have all his books and refer to them often.
campocat 3 years ago
what a wonderful human being. Thank you Ted.
Greena1re 3 years ago
we will all miss him dearly
fntmdrgn1 3 years ago 2
Ted Greene was a gentle soul and one of the most honest men you would ever want to meet.
The most patient teacher that ever lived.
n2motocross 3 years ago 2
His comment "It's just a problem - we deal with it" (on 3.06) is a pure genius' approach....
1allsop 3 years ago
Right up there with joe pass.
cast390 3 years ago
He had a really beautiful tone...especially for a solid-body. Did he use a rotational speaker or leslie for this vid?
Modes9 3 years ago
Ok, this is a demo video, but the late Ted Greene was one of the greatest guitarists ever. Just listen to his 'A Certain Smile' on his only CD. His phrasing,use of chords, movement in and out of keys, his tone, his feeling, his music. Truly beautiful. Inspirational. His medium of the electric guitar showed what can be achieved on this instrument. Not many are able to do so. An antidote to the truly raucous sounds commonly associated with the guitar.
ejor31 3 years ago
Ted Greene was an unusual individual and character .His persona added to his mystique. He was always true to his music and on a level of musicianship not reached by many.... Besides that his music speaks for itself.
lsoprimus 3 years ago
Even if this was recorded in the early 90s, and even if Ted is isnt living with us anymore, his music is so much "now" then anything Ive ever heard. When I heard this the first time, I was working with it myself, obsessed with playing hip qauartal harmony stuff, both linear and horizontal, pushing speed boundries (think I got insprired from Keith Jarrett here on youtube) etc. And then I hear this, this cathedral of sounds and think that this, is one truth of this tune I never thought existed.
Sandemose 3 years ago
Well Here we go again. Ted Greene is hard to look at and gets on my nerves. He is a good guitar player, tasteful. Visually speaking, very annoying. For a reason, a lot of Jazz musicians feel they have to make faces , look intense, wear ridiculous hats and dress awful to look cool. As ridiculous as 1980 hair guitar players with hot faces or wannabe blues players with "what's that smell" look (BB King can do it right and nobody else). Lenny Breau did not need to go thru this nonsense.
stratojetb47 3 years ago
Mr. stratojetb47. The is THE late, great Ted Greene... guitarist extrodinare as an educator and player, and you are writing about how his facial expressions get on your nerves. I'm sorry, but all I can do is write about how you, my friend, are just plain stupid. Do us other musicians a favor, and go watch videos of Paris Hilton..something more on your level of intelligence.
kuhchicken 3 years ago 4
At least you call me Mr. You are a polite man. What I write may not please you, does not mean it is stupid. I just make a point. I have seen a lot a Jazz shows and for a reason, jazz musicians just don't have it visually speaking. Music is also a show. This is all I said. Nothing personnal. When in front of peoples, get dressed correctly and move elegantly , or , if you can't, just stay put like Clapton. Easier to watch.
stratojetb47 3 years ago
stratojetb47-You are an imbecile. Are we supposed to care if you are irritated? You appear to have little education and even less taste. A person on whom complex harmonies and sophisticated interpretations are wasted. You are a person who HEARS with their EYES. You think music is a show! It is NOT. Music is a universal language to express ideas, thoughts, and feelings; things you'll never have the capacity to deal with. kuhchicken was right. Go and WATCH your Brittney Spears videos.
jellyfishsquid 3 years ago 2
It seems that you don't earn a living with music, obviously. Is it better to play 1000 chords for 3 persons or three chords for 1000 persons. I would choose the second option , according to your logic. As far as hearing with eyes, well, I go to a show to go somewhere else, to dream. not to see what I can see on the street. Now, as far as complex harmonies, this is a trade-off. Most people can't go this far, so , to have an audience, you gotta have a balance.
stratojetb47 3 years ago
Wrong again! I've made a living playing jazz guitar for over 25 years for listening audiences . You can't see sound without an oscilloscope! You have to hear it. As far as playing three chords, that sounds like it's right up your alley. If I were you I would quit while I was behind. People come to this page because we love Ted Greene and his beautiful playing and because he was a beautiful person. Incidentally he was wearing street clothes because this was a guitar clinic, not a performance.
jellyfishsquid 3 years ago
hes wearing a shirt,tracksuit bottoms and runners and the faces he makes obviusly come naturally, so what's your problem?
gammypage 3 years ago 3
One thing I've found to be consistent in life; the ignorant always seem compelled to show everyone just how ignorant they are!
scooteroo 3 years ago 3
Right on the money. It seems you do not like to be challenged. You see, by just telling the bare truth , I was treated as: Imbecile, dork,ignorant, MTV and Paris Hilton fan . Now, I remind you that I like what I hear , not what I see. Nothing more. The reason I like it is because I play a little bit of chord melody to elevate my spirit from time to time. I still forgive you.
stratojetb47 3 years ago
Stratoknucklehead (just to add to your list), the "truth" as you call it is nothing more than your particular narrow perception of Ted Greene. You are obviously not going to stop thinking you are just plain right, but you are just not getting what this man is about. He is not styling, and he IS a genius. By focusing on his quirky movements, you discredit him greatly, as well as the music and his contributions to it. Broaden your perception! Grow up a little! I give up on you.
scooteroo 3 years ago
You see, insolence and insult are the weapons of the undeveloped minds. By the way Ted Greene plays well but the harmonies he uses are very simple: IIm7-V7 -1chord. He also plays /chords (hybrids) sparingly and his sound is recognizable by use of false harmonics.
It is done with good taste. I don't discredit him at all. If you need to heighten your knowledge of jazz harmony, it is $55.00/hre,for you. As far as getting good manners, ask your parents to revisit the topic . There is hope...
stratojetb47 3 years ago
he had parkinson's disease, that's why the erratic movements.
seancd 3 years ago
This could very well be the explanation. He has nice melodies and knows his stuff.
stratojetb47 3 years ago
song starts at 3:12
Mixophyrgian 3 years ago
I can't believe I've never heard of him. I'm in love with this guy's approach. He is amazing!
turntapzap 3 years ago
In these days, good stuff is not easy to find.
Greene is one of the masters...
emgcarra 3 years ago
Very smooth, Telecasters are so versatile hey? The harmonics mixed in at the end are very nice.
lighteningboy 3 years ago
is that a 52 tele reissue, or original?
hugleberthumperdink 4 years ago
He plays like a pianist would, the typical barriers that face guitarists do not exist to him.
funnymanpc10 4 years ago 2
Ted Greene, an amazing human ...I only just discovered his music ...Saw him during an interview a number of years back. The Genious of Lenny Breau, produced by his daughter.I now have new inspirations ....does anyone know where I could get any of his recordings? I particulaly love the 1977 recording he has posted on his My Space Tribute site. Cheers and Than you for posting this clip. Dave W Calgary
dwebster50 4 years ago
Ted was 100 years ahead of his time. I took lessons from him a couple of years before I learned that he had passed. He only charged $20 per lesson, when he could have easily commanded $100! Very modest and humble, and a sweet man, despite the fact that he was one of the best in the world. I had studied all of his books for years, my favorite being Chord Chemistry (the original cover photo of which he described himself as a "wooly mammoth"). RIP, Ted! You are sorely missed!
howardstern666 4 years ago 3
Wow!! You took lessons from Ted Greene? I picked up Chord Chemistry about 20 years ago and it's been my bible ever since. When I saw this clip I had to put it up to the monitor to see if it was the same Ted Greene.(before I started reading the comments, that is. That is one cool memory to have my friend. Cheers!
blantyreman 4 years ago
Ted was suprisingly accessible for being so legendary. And he had this amazing ability of being able turn his head and have you try to "stump" him by playing any chord (or random cluster of notes), then telling you exactly where and how you played it. He would even instantly identify the chord by every possible root and tell you which chord tones were missing and which tones you should let ring out more. All of this without looking!
howardstern666 4 years ago 2
Thank you for posting this. Greatly appreciated.
drstirling 4 years ago
players are gonna be digging this 100 years from now
notbendable 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Playing is good if you don't watch. All of this wobbling and shakin the hands and guitar gets on the nerves. Musicianship is very good. Music is also a scenic art. The purpose of it is primarely entertainement. Some very talented musicians miss the point by being too much down to earth.
stratojetb47 4 years ago
I'm not sure that I understand your point. I had the honor of seeing Segovia play live shortly before he died. His wife had to lead him on stage, help him to his seat, then she placed the guitar in his shaking hands. Poor guy could barely move on his own, let alone see two feet in front of him. What transpired was the most amazing flawless performance ever (despite the "wobbling and shakin" hands), and this is the opinion of a "guitar snob" with over 30 years of experience on the instrument!
howardstern666 4 years ago
Well Segovia is not in the same league. Not at all. You compare a master and a pionneer to a contemporary jazz musician. If you watch Barney Kessel Joe Pass or Clapton, you would not see anaything like this. Singers and performers are continuously corrected on the way they look, perform . Nothing worse than a performer who's doing hot faces all the time. You have to play and deliver the music for the audience with soberness.
stratojetb47 4 years ago
stratojetb47- Ted Greene was one of the most unique guitar players - and musicians for that matter, that ever lived. He didn't have to do any more than what he is did to be absolutely amazing - and the musicians you mention - although great, are the ones that aren't in the same league as Ted. Ted was a pioneer. Go back to masturbating to Steve Vai video's you priest-fisting alter boy. When your mum comes home tonight, I'm going to tell her to pack her bags...I'm through with both of you.
baccypouch1 3 years ago
People fron Australia are known to be very amiable and courteous. Please, don't tarnish this reputation. Ted, although very musical visually gets on the nerves. Steve Vai was not even in the discussion, but he looks and move way more elegantly. As far as beeing pionneer, everything that Ted does has been done way before him. Pioneer: "One who ventures into unknown or unclaimed territory to settle." This def. fits Kessel and Segovia Hendrix, Holdsworth, Lenny Brault not Greene.
stratojetb47 3 years ago
lenny breau not brault?
YragQuillo 3 years ago
Stratodork, why don't you just stop. Go watch MTV and leave the music to those who appreciate it. Ted Greene was no poser. He was simply feeling every note he played. He was one of the elite musical scholars of all time. You are a boil on the butt of the musical landscape; you irritate and won't go away.
scooteroo 3 years ago
Dear Mr Scooteroo, you lack a little bit of imagination in your insults. May I remind you that it is not mandatory to feel every note this much to play good music. My significant other had a look at this video, as well as some normal human beeings(outside your knowledgeable circle) and they all came to my conclusions; you can play nice tunes without all of this shaking. I am glad you appreciate music; as far as debating some other points of views,well, you have some ways to go. I forgive you.
stratojetb47 3 years ago
Stratojet put Clapton in the same sentence as Greene and Kessel. He probably doesn't even know who Lenny Breau is. That's like putting my name next to Stephen Hawking and calling me an astro physisist when I can probably only identify the big & little dippers...
Stephenmichaelparker 3 years ago
Woe! that dude knew his stuff!
brlovesdee 4 years ago
amazing
BlackCatCadillac 4 years ago
dont you just love the fact that a tele is used here. blows out all those manual heads that think you need certain guitars to play certain types of music.
zaqmlp1234 4 years ago 6
Oh my God.
jacknarcotta 4 years ago
I studied with my friend Ted for 4 years...he formed and guided my harmonic intent.
I miss him...every lesson was a flood of inspiration.
Thanks for the Wes Montgomery chord solos Ted!
Rest in Peace.
teknoguitar 4 years ago
ahhahahhahah! nothing like a fresh new key!! hahahaha.. love it.
jimmyjubejube 4 years ago
Today I was staring at Chord Chemistry and the Modern Chord Progressions books on the floor of my teaching room. I've had the these books since they first came out in the seventies.. I must have looked at both of them thousands of times. After countless hours of studying I still feel I haven't begun I appoach Ted's level of understanding and ability. He was by far the most influential guitarist around. All the great/famous players went to him for lessons. He didn't want the limelight.
johnhguitar 4 years ago
Thank you for the clip, I`ve had his book Modern Chord Progressions since the 70`s so I searched his name here. I`m sorry to hear he passed, but glad I finally got to see him play guitar after all these years.
F1RusH 4 years ago
what a genious.
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doublearejazz 4 years ago
I'm sorry to know he has passed. In the many years of lessons as a kid I spent years working through "Chord Chemistry" I'd never seen him "live" so to speak, but he seems to be such a great guy. That quote "It's just a problem, we deal with it" is so simple, yet so incredibly wise.
He appears to have suffered from Parkinson's. am I wrong?
I am extremely grateful for your having posted this. Thank you.
hotpoot 4 years ago
it seems that when you made a simple question , people get angry or attaked,
matiasluna 4 years ago
My guitar teacher met Joe Pass once and Pass said that Ted Greene was one of the best players around.
He quite clearly was pretty damn good. Not sure what the problem with his facial expressions anyway? When did being "normal looking" become a requirement for jazz musicians. Shut up and listen people.
99ZARDOZ 4 years ago
It's great to see that Chord Chemistry and Modern Chord Progressions by Ted Greene are still available. CHeck them out if you're serious about your music.
I never thought I'd get to see Ted play but what a fantastic clip and what a humble guy.
drpickup 4 years ago
his he alive? has he a type of disease?
matiasluna 4 years ago
It is so great to see this clip of Ted Greene. He is a wonderful guitarist . It is cool to see how he responds to someone in the audience (at Musicians Institute in L.A.) when they ask him to walk a bass line under the chord changes. He doesnt wave off the challenge. He says, i dont know if i can , but i am sure gonna try to. Thanks for the inspiration Ted.
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cptfoly001 4 years ago
My dear friend Ted. He was in Heaven when he played. One night I was sleeping. I heard a soft " hello Lori" " hello Lori". I sat up and said, I hear you , but I can't see you, and I don't know who you are, but I am acknoledging you. I found out a week later that Ted died that night. Ted was a kind soul. He loved and respected animals.
AmericanaAlphy 4 years ago
I want to be anything but disrespectful ive learned everything from his stuff but I cant help but laugh at his face as he plays
Tangerinemustang 4 years ago
No debate, this man was not a star, a recording artist, nor a songwriter, and not always a great live performer. He lit a lot of torches, though, and a lot of people more extroverted / savvy / etc than he benefited from his scholarly, humble approach. A friend who took lessons told me that he never gave himself a raise--his hourly rate stayed 20 years behind the times. Hard to see how he made a living. Not a star, not a songwriter. Yep, that's true.
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niecygirl13 4 years ago
Ted was a serious, serious harmonist. His book was never surpassed. Yeah, not the demeanor of a showoff, and sometimes more interested in the deep theory. But in this short solo instructional clip, you will hear more harmonic movement than, say, the entire career of the Grateful Dead--just to pick an arbitrary comparator.
manabozho 4 years ago
Of course you're correct about harmonic movement, yet that isn't a question of taste but rather an irrefutable fact that is provable under empiracal analysis, much like a problem in physics or chemistry.
Music, however, cannot merely be reduced to it's constituent parts and assayed for various quanities of "harmonic movement" or "dissonance" for example, so as to be understood in a way that satifies intellectually and emotionally.
ernestangley 4 years ago
To continue, this is a roundabout way of saying that you're comparing apples and silicon chips when comparing say Jerry Garcia to Ted Greene. Indeed, the former is by far and away a better songwriter.
ernestangley 4 years ago
Was he?
Soul74 4 years ago
yes, it matters for me , for you?
matiasluna 4 years ago
What are we talking about?
Soul74 4 years ago
reminds me of a good musician's joke
Q what did the deadhead say when he came down off of the LSD?
A "man this band sucks!"
BTW I actually like some of their songs but mostly their performances are boring to me
frankzwoof 4 years ago
hes gonna wiggle himself out of d chair
sorry had to post the elementary joke
great playin, not many people know how much of a genius Bach was
nonequoted 4 years ago
I dig the Kathryn Hepburn head movements
drres 4 years ago