What Ted was playing at 8:55 is a small piece from Bach, Cantata BWV54. Search here on youtube for "GLENN GOULD - Bach Cantata 54 - 1962 (2)" . Listen to the solo works of Bach play by Glenn Gould. Glenn Gould just like Ted where focus on details.
oh wow yes but that's the point, this way u end up playing unproper simplified clasical music stuff -have somebody here ever watched some classical music guitar player playing? well it's a bit more varied and complex
Blues is about something else, like Picasso and Pollock, it's just another approch but white asses would always get back to the tiny mannerist formal manners all the time, something that blues put apart already long ago in the name of expression over scolastic grammar rules
i love this video so much. i am a real fan of baroque music and its such a treat to hear someone play such music on a guitar without accompaniment and even better... IMPROVISED. Amazing. Thank you for keeping improvisation alive!I hope im not being annoying, but i have a youtube channel which has solo guitar improvisations on my yamaha guitalele guitar. it would honour me if you watched one of my videos.
Unbelievable! Others study at a conservatory to be able to compose baroque polyphony and most of them are satisfied when they need not more than 60 minutes for a couple of bars. But this guy IMPROVISES correct counterpoint and even has a small talk at the same time!
Apart from the fantastic ideas and great playing, I'm astounded at how he speaks lucidly and easily while plucking those wonderful ideas out of the air. He reminds me of Glenn Gould talking to Bruno Monsaingeon about Bach's forerunners while playing Sweelink on the piano. Amazing! But then again, everything about Ted strikes me as amazing.
@ kweerb Ted said the way "we" hear it, not the way "humans" hear it. The "he" Ted is referring to is J.S. Bach. Ted is making a reference to the way we hear voice leading, what seems natural to us in this century as opposed to what was common and natural to the ear in Bach's time.
@ kweerb Ted said the way "we" hear it, not the way "humans" hear it. The "he" Ted is referring to is J.S. Bach. Ted is making a reference to the way we hear voice leading, what seems natural to us in this century as opposed to what was common and natural to the ear in Bach's time.
@MrWallerand that's the beauty of it, you don't think chords. Instead, you hear voice leading of the inner voicings/ notes that you play. It's not vapid chord grippes, but real harmonic movement. This is what Parker heard, those half step guide-tones. This is what Bach heard, Lennie Tristano, so on. When you force yourself to listen to everything that you're doing on the frets you develop a connection with the guitar. This is music.
Gosh I never knew guitar could be so rich with harmonic possibilities let alone so beautiful. Never heard him before but this man is beyond somewhere...over the top...
Chord Chemistry is a MUST for anyone who wants to understand why the guitar works the way it works. It goes back to a time before guitar hero and the shallowness of tablature. His books on jazz soloing are also very good
Ted Greene was the man... His book (Chord Chemistry) helped me to get and keep my stuff together. I'm glad that this stuff is being revealed about Him. A true Master of guitar. With a clear concept.
And he could improvise like that without repeating himself over any standart in any key and in any Classical composer style: Bach, Mozart Shoubert beethoven. Shuman Brams.etc...and in any Jazz Composer Style Corea, Hancock , Bill Evans Mc Coy etc...I witness that he was a GREAT Teacher...GENIUS...!!!
I tabbed out the progression in 6ths that Ted mentions if anyone's interested - from key of C to Am to F to Dm to Bb to Gm, etc it's IV V I in each key using first inversion (so 3rd in bass for IV and IV to root for I). Minor keys use melodic minor, so IV and V are major chords.
@wkriski Sorry for the stupid question, but isn't aren't F major, G Major and C Major the IV, V, and I chords in the key of C? Wouldn't Am to F to Dm be VI, IV, ii in the Key of C?
@Darksmile1234 you're right but I was referring to the key changes not the chords in the key. so key of C to key of Am to key of F to key of Dm to key of Bb to key of Gm, etc. Each key has a IV V I in it. I hope that clarifies!
@Darksmile1234 voice leading can be used for sure. what I do is target chord tones on strong beats (1 and 3) as a starting point. So try playing root notes in the bass and say the 3rd in the upper voice (for 2 voices) or for 3 voices play inversions of open voice triads. did you know I tabbed out the entire part 1 video note for note? it's in the ted greene forums or send me a private message for the URL
can anyone tell me what the main chord prog. he is using (presumably a baroque standard) in this video? i find his style of playing very attractive, and am trying to recreate this effect somewhat on the piano.
@nomirran i have analyzed and transcribed some of this in the ted greene forums and in my website. progressions vary - first one is I V vidim (F#m to C# to D#dim) with bass moving from root of F# to third of C# to root. the next one is ascending diatonic from F#m. i also found some classical improv books for piano on amazon but I enjoy looking at bach pieces and getting ideas from there about melodic patterns and typical chord progressions
Thank you so much for doing this. This is absolutly fantastic. He is my biggest inspiration when it comes to teaching, his vast knowledge and his will to always learn new things. This channel embodies Teds work as a teacher: We come here to learn and to share. It doesnt get more beautiful than this.
Thanks so much for creating this site. Whiile I didn't get to study with Ted, I did get to attend some seminars of his when I was at GIT in the late 70's as well as see him at the NAMM show. Having all of his books which i go back to again and again, and now this great video channel is just an inspiration.
oh my god. what the fuck. he is obviously the best who ever lived in my opinion. i fail to see how anyone can do it better. i just wish my favorite player didnt have to die before i even owned a guitar
Dan, thank you so much for creating this site. It offers all the more avenues to share Ted's incredible music and ideas. Ted's knowledge and spirit are invaluable and may well serve to instill beauty in the souls of others.
He will always be the love of my life and my inspiration.
What Ted was playing at 8:55 is a small piece from Bach, Cantata BWV54. Search here on youtube for "GLENN GOULD - Bach Cantata 54 - 1962 (2)" . Listen to the solo works of Bach play by Glenn Gould. Glenn Gould just like Ted where focus on details.
bifi34 1 month ago
Calling this man "Yoda" barely does him justice.
mandrellian 1 month ago
the beauty in this instruction will educate for generations to come
tycoljr 1 month ago
What an oracle - thinking analytically without letting it get in the way of making beautiful music.
davidklausa 1 month ago in playlist Ted Greene_Baroque Improv
Holy cow...that's was incredibly beautiful and he was improvising it.
goodresonance 2 months ago
es increible, el tipo te improvisa una fuga al toque, mientras está charlando con otro
fedegt87 3 months ago
His understanding and insight is overwhelming to me. Still, I work through his books, trying to glean some of the magic he knew.
toetapper04 3 months ago
Someone disliked this video. Which is wrong.
ZRMDMK 5 months ago 2
He truly was the "Yoda" of guitar.
nuke97 6 months ago 2
oh wow yes but that's the point, this way u end up playing unproper simplified clasical music stuff -have somebody here ever watched some classical music guitar player playing? well it's a bit more varied and complex
Blues is about something else, like Picasso and Pollock, it's just another approch but white asses would always get back to the tiny mannerist formal manners all the time, something that blues put apart already long ago in the name of expression over scolastic grammar rules
lotorobly 6 months ago
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this is mind blowing
MirorsAndObfuscation 7 months ago
3:00 sounds like Bach's late period during which he went for more chromaticism.
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must" Edward Bulwer-Lytton
RIP Ted, you the man
hotrodius 8 months ago
He can even make tuning the guitar a part of his music!
EquinoxParadox91 8 months ago
As a classical guitarist, all I can say is holy crap, how can anyone IMPROVISE that stuff?
hotrodius 8 months ago
i love this video so much. i am a real fan of baroque music and its such a treat to hear someone play such music on a guitar without accompaniment and even better... IMPROVISED. Amazing. Thank you for keeping improvisation alive!I hope im not being annoying, but i have a youtube channel which has solo guitar improvisations on my yamaha guitalele guitar. it would honour me if you watched one of my videos.
josephithink 9 months ago
Unbelievable! Others study at a conservatory to be able to compose baroque polyphony and most of them are satisfied when they need not more than 60 minutes for a couple of bars. But this guy IMPROVISES correct counterpoint and even has a small talk at the same time!
Fitzliputzli23 9 months ago
what an amazing guy, absolute genius
TheCrystalanimation 10 months ago
Wheeeew... Where's my Galbraith Bach Invention book. Yeeeoooow.
pickinstone 10 months ago
Apart from the fantastic ideas and great playing, I'm astounded at how he speaks lucidly and easily while plucking those wonderful ideas out of the air. He reminds me of Glenn Gould talking to Bruno Monsaingeon about Bach's forerunners while playing Sweelink on the piano. Amazing! But then again, everything about Ted strikes me as amazing.
twangbarfly 10 months ago
Genius.
VonNashman 10 months ago
Torn between "that's boring" and "holy shit he's improvising". That's some impressive shit either way.
Hardysamnin 10 months ago
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@ kweerb Ted said the way "we" hear it, not the way "humans" hear it. The "he" Ted is referring to is J.S. Bach. Ted is making a reference to the way we hear voice leading, what seems natural to us in this century as opposed to what was common and natural to the ear in Bach's time.
Tedsbarbara 10 months ago
@ kweerb Ted said the way "we" hear it, not the way "humans" hear it. The "he" Ted is referring to is J.S. Bach. Ted is making a reference to the way we hear voice leading, what seems natural to us in this century as opposed to what was common and natural to the ear in Bach's time.
Tedsbarbara 10 months ago
This is your mind on imagination.....
BeauJames59 10 months ago
tremendous finger control and muscle memory. notice how some tones are held as if they were piano pedal sustained..
jamba5150 11 months ago
Somebody get this man a lute!
koric64 11 months ago
how do you pick your chords whene improvising like that? how to know what chord to play. do you use the cycle o fifths somehow?
MrWallerand 11 months ago
@MrWallerand that's the beauty of it, you don't think chords. Instead, you hear voice leading of the inner voicings/ notes that you play. It's not vapid chord grippes, but real harmonic movement. This is what Parker heard, those half step guide-tones. This is what Bach heard, Lennie Tristano, so on. When you force yourself to listen to everything that you're doing on the frets you develop a connection with the guitar. This is music.
pickinstone 10 months ago
Gosh I never knew guitar could be so rich with harmonic possibilities let alone so beautiful. Never heard him before but this man is beyond somewhere...over the top...
I better start digging this guy.
BJrok 1 year ago
We are all diminished by the loss of this humble genius.
carvetop01 1 year ago
6:06 what does he mean when he says "the way humans hear it." I hear him talk about this quite a bit in his lessons but I don't get it.
kweerb8 1 year ago
he is so good and unfortunately i play guitar as well so now i wanna kill myself
Bolthazard101 1 year ago
i love this man for his contribution to music.
kharnvelzyghur 1 year ago
Chord Chemistry is a MUST for anyone who wants to understand why the guitar works the way it works. It goes back to a time before guitar hero and the shallowness of tablature. His books on jazz soloing are also very good
TheTom5150 1 year ago
This is amazing.
KABRIS1 1 year ago
I have no idea what he is talking about, but it sure is captivating
jdean9 1 year ago
Ted Greene was the man... His book (Chord Chemistry) helped me to get and keep my stuff together. I'm glad that this stuff is being revealed about Him. A true Master of guitar. With a clear concept.
Micaahh2 1 year ago
Ted Greene... a great Master. Thank you very much!
filarmonico1946 1 year ago
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Guitarist2095 1 year ago
@Guitarist2095
baroque is a time period
ibanezxiphos700 1 year ago
And he could improvise like that without repeating himself over any standart in any key and in any Classical composer style: Bach, Mozart Shoubert beethoven. Shuman Brams.etc...and in any Jazz Composer Style Corea, Hancock , Bill Evans Mc Coy etc...I witness that he was a GREAT Teacher...GENIUS...!!!
JMBELK 1 year ago
this guy is a genius !!
MrAvenger676 1 year ago
I tabbed out the progression in 6ths that Ted mentions if anyone's interested - from key of C to Am to F to Dm to Bb to Gm, etc it's IV V I in each key using first inversion (so 3rd in bass for IV and IV to root for I). Minor keys use melodic minor, so IV and V are major chords.
wkriski 1 year ago
@wkriski could you please send it to me? cperez1@gmu.edu i'd appreciate it a lot, thanks
cristuspz 1 year ago
@cristuspz sent you link and posted to ted greene forum
wkriski 1 year ago
@wkriski Sorry for the stupid question, but isn't aren't F major, G Major and C Major the IV, V, and I chords in the key of C? Wouldn't Am to F to Dm be VI, IV, ii in the Key of C?
Darksmile1234 1 year ago
@Darksmile1234 you're right but I was referring to the key changes not the chords in the key. so key of C to key of Am to key of F to key of Dm to key of Bb to key of Gm, etc. Each key has a IV V I in it. I hope that clarifies!
wkriski 1 year ago
@wkriski Oh, thank you very much! I was confused and am trying to emulate Ted's/Bach's sound.
How does he pick the right notes in the chords to sound of the Baroque style? Isn't that called voice leading?
Darksmile1234 1 year ago
@Darksmile1234 voice leading can be used for sure. what I do is target chord tones on strong beats (1 and 3) as a starting point. So try playing root notes in the bass and say the 3rd in the upper voice (for 2 voices) or for 3 voices play inversions of open voice triads. did you know I tabbed out the entire part 1 video note for note? it's in the ted greene forums or send me a private message for the URL
wkriski 1 year ago
@Darksmile1234 Counterpoint.
KABRIS1 1 year ago
@wkriski Thank you.
roccondil67 1 year ago
can anyone tell me what the main chord prog. he is using (presumably a baroque standard) in this video? i find his style of playing very attractive, and am trying to recreate this effect somewhat on the piano.
nomirran 1 year ago
@nomirran i have analyzed and transcribed some of this in the ted greene forums and in my website. progressions vary - first one is I V vidim (F#m to C# to D#dim) with bass moving from root of F# to third of C# to root. the next one is ascending diatonic from F#m. i also found some classical improv books for piano on amazon but I enjoy looking at bach pieces and getting ideas from there about melodic patterns and typical chord progressions
wkriski 1 year ago
The greatest musical genius to every pick up a guitar PERIOD!!..
bozzio01 1 year ago
This is just amazing !
Ted was a truly genius of
improvisation.
regards from Brasil !
lugaray2 2 years ago
Thank you so much for doing this. This is absolutly fantastic. He is my biggest inspiration when it comes to teaching, his vast knowledge and his will to always learn new things. This channel embodies Teds work as a teacher: We come here to learn and to share. It doesnt get more beautiful than this.
Best and warmest regards to you Barbara,
Sandemose
Sandemose 2 years ago 17
Thanks so much for creating this site. Whiile I didn't get to study with Ted, I did get to attend some seminars of his when I was at GIT in the late 70's as well as see him at the NAMM show. Having all of his books which i go back to again and again, and now this great video channel is just an inspiration.
Great job!!
spiritpark 2 years ago
Pure Genius...
thebytegrill 2 years ago
oh my god. what the fuck. he is obviously the best who ever lived in my opinion. i fail to see how anyone can do it better. i just wish my favorite player didnt have to die before i even owned a guitar
nickfromdtown1992 2 years ago
I'm slowing down the video as we speak to get some of this down!
wkriski 2 years ago
Dan, thank you so much for creating this site. It offers all the more avenues to share Ted's incredible music and ideas. Ted's knowledge and spirit are invaluable and may well serve to instill beauty in the souls of others.
He will always be the love of my life and my inspiration.
greenella9 2 years ago
This series of videos is a MUST for anyone who studies guitar
DanSindel 2 years ago
Dedicated to all who studied with (or wished they had studied with) Ted.
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