seriously, i have no idea what jackass would rated this down! im a strict metal head and even i can recognize TRUE talent when i hear it. absolutly beautiful ted!
The true mark of genius is when a man can sit down and IMPROVISE a piece of music that would make a serious composer shit his pants, and preface it by saying, "We're just gonna fool around . . ." RIP Ted -- you were the greatest.
@JimmyDeLocke well improv is the basis of composition.. playing professionally is about testing and remembering ideas, all he's doing. i dont mean to take the grandeur and brilliance out of a word like 'genius' since i definitely love his playing too, just I think that we can all get there, playing with chords and putting a melody on top and moving it all around is a very logical liberating type of excercize we can all pick up
@tyrannicoystercult I agree -- "Genius," from the same root as "genesis" simply means "one who creates." It can be learned. (The first 20 years are the hardest) When I commented I was thinking of a Django story.
Django was in New York, playing at a party at a Park Avenue apartment and Andres Segovia was there, listening. When Django finished one particular piece, Segovia inquired, "Where can I purchase the music for that?" to which Django replied, smugly, "You cannot. I just made it up!"
@JimmyDeLocke great quote haha. i find the same exact thing. a guy sent me some videos by the bassist Jaco Pastorius the other day and i find the same quality in him sometimes -not thats its unique just another great example of freedom but with a knack for composition, coming back to the progression in the funniest ways, riding the wave just right.
"I don't know what I'm gonna play. We're just gonna fool around, go into something"... that has to be the most MASSIVE understatement in any music video here on YouTube!!!
@freak49 I have that book too and know exactly what you mean - it's overwhelming. But this clip shows you the genius that infused that book, and that it was not a mere academic exercise. You / we have to persevere with the book in small sections. It is FULL of absolute gems that you will not see anywhere else save perhaps in other books by Ted! Peace!
heartbreakingly beautiful. i bet his biography would be incredible. i wish all the people that knew him could collaborate on that. i know he had some heavy friends.
I got to take one lesson from Ted about 15 years ago and it was like going to hang with the master guru of the guitar!!. so good that people can hear him on youtube what a beautiful soul and inspiration he was and is!!!!!
WOW! It's like watching Bach improvise if he were alive now and played the electric guitar. Ted is even better when he is not tied down to playing a standard tune.
I was reading Ted Greene's biography and it mentioned that he studied accounting in college but did not mention if he studied music. So I'm just wondering if he is musically self-taught or if he took a music class in college. So, sure, accounting has nothing to do with it, it's just a question specification.
@alexmoxon - math relates to music because chords/harmony follow patterns and structures that conceptually resemble mathematics - if you have ever looked at harmonic theory book you will see the correlation. if you can intrinsiquely understnad/hear things then great. Not saying doing math will help music but there is a definite correlation between the structure of music and math...
Hmm... I thought you might be talking about using math as a time management tool for the practice of an instrument. I'm not so sure about math as applies to theory.
Unless you're talking about post tonal stuff (ie, Schoenberg and the serialists) I don't think you can really make a direct comparison. In terms of composition, musical part writing is otherwise completely distinct from math.
You can definitely distil music to its mathematical elements, that can also be said of anything else.
Absolutely one of my favorite moments from Ted. Thanks so much for sharing this w/ the world. Anyone who knows him from his solo disc or his books will likely not believe what they are hearing...and to think it was IMPROVISED!!! There is no doubting his genius. And to think he spent his life just giving it away. If the world were full of poeple like Ted, it would be a much better place!
Pure Musicality !
RIP Ted
666patrickbateman666 1 month ago
he is tuned down a whole step, or close to it
lindseyblair 6 months ago
Is this the Starcraft music?
Buddhastic 9 months ago
Truly inspirational. An amazing human. Yes, Long Live Ted!
nniff 10 months ago
2:16 to 2:40 That's unlike anything I've ever heard!
ljguitar91 1 year ago 3
Sheer brilliance!!! And so beautiful...
heikalo 1 year ago
seriously, i have no idea what jackass would rated this down! im a strict metal head and even i can recognize TRUE talent when i hear it. absolutly beautiful ted!
Riposa In Pace, Fratello
xdenju456 1 year ago
The true mark of genius is when a man can sit down and IMPROVISE a piece of music that would make a serious composer shit his pants, and preface it by saying, "We're just gonna fool around . . ." RIP Ted -- you were the greatest.
JimmyDeLocke 1 year ago 3
@JimmyDeLocke well improv is the basis of composition.. playing professionally is about testing and remembering ideas, all he's doing. i dont mean to take the grandeur and brilliance out of a word like 'genius' since i definitely love his playing too, just I think that we can all get there, playing with chords and putting a melody on top and moving it all around is a very logical liberating type of excercize we can all pick up
tyrannicoystercult 1 year ago
@tyrannicoystercult I agree -- "Genius," from the same root as "genesis" simply means "one who creates." It can be learned. (The first 20 years are the hardest) When I commented I was thinking of a Django story.
Django was in New York, playing at a party at a Park Avenue apartment and Andres Segovia was there, listening. When Django finished one particular piece, Segovia inquired, "Where can I purchase the music for that?" to which Django replied, smugly, "You cannot. I just made it up!"
JimmyDeLocke 1 year ago
@JimmyDeLocke great quote haha. i find the same exact thing. a guy sent me some videos by the bassist Jaco Pastorius the other day and i find the same quality in him sometimes -not thats its unique just another great example of freedom but with a knack for composition, coming back to the progression in the funniest ways, riding the wave just right.
tyrannicoystercult 1 year ago
unpretentious...
jplent 1 year ago
Thank you, whoever taped this performance, for bringing to us this special moment in history.
stratman06 1 year ago
"I don't know what I'm gonna play. We're just gonna fool around, go into something"... that has to be the most MASSIVE understatement in any music video here on YouTube!!!
twangbarfly 1 year ago 2
Some of the most magical guitar playing I have heard in my life (which, looking back, has been spent largely listening to magical guitar playing!)
twangbarfly 1 year ago
Deadly good-God rest Ted:
MrTwisterband 1 year ago
this is cool stuff - there are no 16th notes in this piece (unless I missed something) ...so much for the speed sweeping/arpeggio thrashing crowd
I have Ted Greene's Chord Chemistry book and I hardly understand a lick of it
freak49 1 year ago
@freak49 I have that book too and know exactly what you mean - it's overwhelming. But this clip shows you the genius that infused that book, and that it was not a mere academic exercise. You / we have to persevere with the book in small sections. It is FULL of absolute gems that you will not see anywhere else save perhaps in other books by Ted! Peace!
twangbarfly 1 year ago
music has the power to say what is unsaid
and i understand ur laguage
i love it \m/
excelmusic 1 year ago 2
I've mostly been a lead player over the years but I am obsessed with chord melody and baroque improv thanks to Ted.
wkriski 1 year ago
simply the greatest guitar player I have ever heard!
Ted Greene was the Bill Evans of the guitar.
eggie62 2 years ago 15
Wow... amazing
jasoncasper16 2 years ago
Noodling is when you let a catfish bit your arm so that you can catch it. Popular hillbilly activity.
cwc027 2 years ago
after 7:30 is my favorite
nick5269 2 years ago
heartbreakingly beautiful. i bet his biography would be incredible. i wish all the people that knew him could collaborate on that. i know he had some heavy friends.
TheSlideslide 2 years ago
What is noodling?
broncosrb26 2 years ago
The moment while you're eating noodles..
MrtnRohdes 2 years ago 2
Phenomenal. A masters' master class.
Marc329 2 years ago
RIP.
Ted Greene is thee authority on musical harmony.
thebytegrill 2 years ago 7
amazingly talented man, the chords and the sound of the guitar in his video's sound like magic to my ears.
Adsem 2 years ago
WOW....magic!
loren1283 2 years ago
cant belive that this couple vids impact my playing more then tons of other jazz guitar albums, great man and he deserves much more
abdke999 2 years ago 13
Wow... seems like he reaches the Holdsworth level. Special
SimulacronX 2 years ago
a genius... i cant believe it
Paulasse8 2 years ago 3
What amp is he playing?
Loki5147 2 years ago
Fender twin
lidesnowi 2 years ago
Thanks. I tought it was Deluxe Reverb
Loki5147 2 years ago
it is a Deluxe maybe even a Princeton.
veeshead 2 years ago
I thought so
Loki5147 2 years ago
oh my! he is one of the reason why we are grateful and enjoying music,,,wow really genius,,you deserve respect
johannlowell 2 years ago
Ted, thanks again.
Even though you left here- you still continue to inspire us all!!!
fnord23 2 years ago 2
I got to take one lesson from Ted about 15 years ago and it was like going to hang with the master guru of the guitar!!. so good that people can hear him on youtube what a beautiful soul and inspiration he was and is!!!!!
stuartmathis 2 years ago
WOW! It's like watching Bach improvise if he were alive now and played the electric guitar. Ted is even better when he is not tied down to playing a standard tune.
lindseyblair 2 years ago 2
@lindseyblair You are SO right! My own thoughts exactly - so many beautiful Bach-like moments in here. Sheer genius.
twangbarfly 1 year ago
we miss you
jazzcat4on6 2 years ago
I know that Ted studied accounting for a bit and he taught music at colleges, but did he take any music classes himself or did he mostly self-teach?
rkullberg 3 years ago
what does accountting have to do wiht music? im a business major taking accounting now is that gonna help me get better at guitar?
LarxeneSP 2 years ago
I was reading Ted Greene's biography and it mentioned that he studied accounting in college but did not mention if he studied music. So I'm just wondering if he is musically self-taught or if he took a music class in college. So, sure, accounting has nothing to do with it, it's just a question specification.
rkullberg 2 years ago
If you get into theory then maybe. Anything math related is a plus.
KenKen540 2 years ago
How do you think math plays into becoming a better musician?
That's a question coming from genuine curiosity. I'm always looking for different perspectives on how to practice.
alexmoxon 2 years ago
@alexmoxon - math relates to music because chords/harmony follow patterns and structures that conceptually resemble mathematics - if you have ever looked at harmonic theory book you will see the correlation. if you can intrinsiquely understnad/hear things then great. Not saying doing math will help music but there is a definite correlation between the structure of music and math...
amelanso 2 years ago
Hmm... I thought you might be talking about using math as a time management tool for the practice of an instrument. I'm not so sure about math as applies to theory.
Unless you're talking about post tonal stuff (ie, Schoenberg and the serialists) I don't think you can really make a direct comparison. In terms of composition, musical part writing is otherwise completely distinct from math.
You can definitely distil music to its mathematical elements, that can also be said of anything else.
alexmoxon 2 years ago
Danny Carey, the drummer in Tool is good in math. And when you hear the music, you can hear how it helps.
olemunati 2 years ago
the coolset thing about that technique is that you don't really need a band
ziemass 3 years ago
Respect and admiration for you Ted. Wonderful player.
Your book is starting to confuse me :P
tractorKing 3 years ago
Deep
guitarab1 3 years ago
He really had a nice touch above the twelve..
jhlville 3 years ago
What A master!
BSVLY1 3 years ago 2
Ted ! is fantastic
viniguitarjazz 3 years ago
Thank you Mr. 8 string for posting this...it's really beautiful
zu0832 3 years ago
It sounds like Julian Bream, Mick Goodrick, Pat Metheny, and Lenny Breau in one body. I'm a little depressed but very inspired!
Modes9 3 years ago 2
this is cool cuz it kind of gives you a little insight into the mind of ted since this is all improvised.
germzneverdie 3 years ago
C'est magnifique ! Merci pour les vids. Ted forever !
earsoup 3 years ago
Mon cher ami Jeff
I couldn't have said it any better! Pure brilliance!
RC
eightstring 3 years ago
Absolutely one of my favorite moments from Ted. Thanks so much for sharing this w/ the world. Anyone who knows him from his solo disc or his books will likely not believe what they are hearing...and to think it was IMPROVISED!!! There is no doubting his genius. And to think he spent his life just giving it away. If the world were full of poeple like Ted, it would be a much better place!
JeffStocksMusic 3 years ago 6