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Ted Greene Revisits “’Round Midnight” 07/05/2000 – Part 4
Welcome back to part four of my video-taped lesson on “’Round Midnight” with guitar legend, Ted Greene!
Here is “’Round Midnight”, Part 4, for this lesson's conclusion. I also added another “Grappling for…” edit screen to save you time when my brain starts ‘skipping frames’ and my rusty chops become unbearable. FYI, “grips” is a term for chords I borrowed from Ed Bickert.
This video opens with the question, Ted, how you would play “’Round Midnight” at a party? Great bass lines over a consistent triplet feel which lends itself to double-approach notes. He plays them at measure 4 of the “Real Book” lead sheet. Ex. | Bm7 E7 Bbm7 Eb7 |
“RULE NUMBER ONE of Jazz for harmony is what?” Chord enrichment! Add extended tones to your grips, in this case it’s the 13th. “Got to enrich every chord unless there is a good reason not to, otherwise it ain’t Jazz.” Ted goes on to mention the simplicity of his “Exodus” arrangement as an example.
Whoa! “I like that! Here is a nice line to transcribe @ 3:16. Afterwards, Ted launches into a sequence of chords he called “cycle of 4s”. Ted exclaims, “There’s something about cycled lines!” He continued on “with 3 voices”. He calls these “finger gymnastics to get warmed up”. Yes, another great exercise to research and possibly develop from this video!
At this point, I expressed my lament for spending way too much time with open/altered tunings. I had transcribed several books for various fingerstyle guitar artists that exclusively used open/altered tunings. Yes, my ears got good, but I did NOT learn the guitar fingerboard. Let me echo the words of Chet Atkins when he was asked if he had experimented with altered tunings, “I am still trying to learn the guitar in standard tuning!”
OMG! Kudos from Ted! “Level A kinesthetic powers”? I don’t get it! “Kinesthetic” was Ted’s new favorite word he used a couple times throughout this lesson. I remember I brought my Lowden guitar to one of my lessons and played Alex de Grassi’s “Causeway” for him. Ted had experimented with his own altered tunings as well. A list of those tunings can be downloaded at www.tedgreene.com/teaching/other.asp . If you do visit, please express your love and appreciation for Ted to those who have worked hard and made these materials available to you, in the forums.
@ 5:22, Ted, “So we were on the Db7 …” which refers back to what Ted first played it @ 3:16, but now Ted breaks that down in detail. Then onward to a Db7b9 chord, or the Db11b9 sounds even better with Ted’s special fingering explained. An alternative fingering? The Chet [Atkins], Merle [Travis] way of wrapping that “naughty thumb” around the neck to fret the 6th string.
Ted plays a couple of scales over that D11b9 chord I am rehearsing which leads us right back to Joni Mitchell’s “Michael From Mountains” from the previous video. We expressed our mutual admiration for Joni, her early discography discussed, as well as her influence on other’s music. When Ted moves that ethereal chord up to the 7th fret, a B chord with a couple open strings, it reminded me of The Who’s “Pinball Wizard” which I used to play in high school. Ted plays “Both Sides Now” from her “Clouds” album here czcams.com/video/0olOcmJ0ceg/video.html
This is where Wes Montgomery would play dominant chords up 2 half steps such as |Gb7 G7 Ab7| at measure 6 on the lead sheet. Then, measures 7 and 8, Ted plays |Cm7b5 B9 |Bb9|.
He continues by approaching the bridge several different ways. He doesn’t name the chords, so you will need to transcribe these by ear. But Ted, “what are the stock changes?” Ted “There are none!” I refer back to our first lesson on this from January 2000. Ted outlines his theory on why the “Real Book” is full of errors. I would be very curious to compare songs in the “New Real Book” with the older “Real Book” to see if some of the well known errors were corrected. A project for another time.
We are at the very end of the song. Ted said, “just cadence it!” That’s the whole tune, folks! Now for goal setting: After you have played “’Round Midnight” a few times in Eb minor, try to play it in A minor, a half an octave away where it’s more of your brain working out the changes and not so much muscle memory.
Bonus song! While searching for chords in the key of A minor, Ted starts playing a swinging version “Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise”. I NOW love this tune! I am so glad Ted left this snipet behind for me to work with. The song I mentioned was Dori Caymmi’s “Like A Lover”, a key Brazilian composer during the Bossa Nova era.
That’s a wrap for the final installment of my lessons with Ted on “’Round Midnight”. I hope you enjoyed it!
Here is “’Round Midnight”, Part 4, for this lesson's conclusion. I also added another “Grappling for…” edit screen to save you time when my brain starts ‘skipping frames’ and my rusty chops become unbearable. FYI, “grips” is a term for chords I borrowed from Ed Bickert.
This video opens with the question, Ted, how you would play “’Round Midnight” at a party? Great bass lines over a consistent triplet feel which lends itself to double-approach notes. He plays them at measure 4 of the “Real Book” lead sheet. Ex. | Bm7 E7 Bbm7 Eb7 |
“RULE NUMBER ONE of Jazz for harmony is what?” Chord enrichment! Add extended tones to your grips, in this case it’s the 13th. “Got to enrich every chord unless there is a good reason not to, otherwise it ain’t Jazz.” Ted goes on to mention the simplicity of his “Exodus” arrangement as an example.
Whoa! “I like that! Here is a nice line to transcribe @ 3:16. Afterwards, Ted launches into a sequence of chords he called “cycle of 4s”. Ted exclaims, “There’s something about cycled lines!” He continued on “with 3 voices”. He calls these “finger gymnastics to get warmed up”. Yes, another great exercise to research and possibly develop from this video!
At this point, I expressed my lament for spending way too much time with open/altered tunings. I had transcribed several books for various fingerstyle guitar artists that exclusively used open/altered tunings. Yes, my ears got good, but I did NOT learn the guitar fingerboard. Let me echo the words of Chet Atkins when he was asked if he had experimented with altered tunings, “I am still trying to learn the guitar in standard tuning!”
OMG! Kudos from Ted! “Level A kinesthetic powers”? I don’t get it! “Kinesthetic” was Ted’s new favorite word he used a couple times throughout this lesson. I remember I brought my Lowden guitar to one of my lessons and played Alex de Grassi’s “Causeway” for him. Ted had experimented with his own altered tunings as well. A list of those tunings can be downloaded at www.tedgreene.com/teaching/other.asp . If you do visit, please express your love and appreciation for Ted to those who have worked hard and made these materials available to you, in the forums.
@ 5:22, Ted, “So we were on the Db7 …” which refers back to what Ted first played it @ 3:16, but now Ted breaks that down in detail. Then onward to a Db7b9 chord, or the Db11b9 sounds even better with Ted’s special fingering explained. An alternative fingering? The Chet [Atkins], Merle [Travis] way of wrapping that “naughty thumb” around the neck to fret the 6th string.
Ted plays a couple of scales over that D11b9 chord I am rehearsing which leads us right back to Joni Mitchell’s “Michael From Mountains” from the previous video. We expressed our mutual admiration for Joni, her early discography discussed, as well as her influence on other’s music. When Ted moves that ethereal chord up to the 7th fret, a B chord with a couple open strings, it reminded me of The Who’s “Pinball Wizard” which I used to play in high school. Ted plays “Both Sides Now” from her “Clouds” album here czcams.com/video/0olOcmJ0ceg/video.html
This is where Wes Montgomery would play dominant chords up 2 half steps such as |Gb7 G7 Ab7| at measure 6 on the lead sheet. Then, measures 7 and 8, Ted plays |Cm7b5 B9 |Bb9|.
He continues by approaching the bridge several different ways. He doesn’t name the chords, so you will need to transcribe these by ear. But Ted, “what are the stock changes?” Ted “There are none!” I refer back to our first lesson on this from January 2000. Ted outlines his theory on why the “Real Book” is full of errors. I would be very curious to compare songs in the “New Real Book” with the older “Real Book” to see if some of the well known errors were corrected. A project for another time.
We are at the very end of the song. Ted said, “just cadence it!” That’s the whole tune, folks! Now for goal setting: After you have played “’Round Midnight” a few times in Eb minor, try to play it in A minor, a half an octave away where it’s more of your brain working out the changes and not so much muscle memory.
Bonus song! While searching for chords in the key of A minor, Ted starts playing a swinging version “Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise”. I NOW love this tune! I am so glad Ted left this snipet behind for me to work with. The song I mentioned was Dori Caymmi’s “Like A Lover”, a key Brazilian composer during the Bossa Nova era.
That’s a wrap for the final installment of my lessons with Ted on “’Round Midnight”. I hope you enjoyed it!
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Ted Greene Revisits “’Round Midnight” 07/05/2000 - Part 3
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Welcome back to part three of my video-taped lesson on “’Round Midnight” with guitar legend, Ted Greene! Surprised? Yes, there is more! I renamed this lesson “revisits” because the purpose was to review this song from a previous lesson from January 2000, Parts 1 & 2 are already posted here on CZcams. There are some are new ideas and topics being introduced in this lesson. Rather than risk confu...
Ted Greene Teaches “’Round Midnight” 01/24/2000 - Part 2
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Welcome back to part two of my video-taped lesson on “’Round Midnight” with guitar legend, Ted Greene! After Ted said, “Shall we continue?” There was question as to the real melody in measure 4 in the previous video, I sung the actual melody for measure 4, remembering Linda Ronstadt did with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra here: czcams.com/video/FxMN4N952Rk/video.html You are really in for a treat ...
Ted Greene Teaches “’Round Midnight” 01/24/2000 - Part 1
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As promised, here is the first installment from my video-taped lessons on “’Round Midnight” with guitar legend, Ted Greene! In my previous posting, we left off with Jerome Kern’s “Yesterdays” in search for songs to play in a medley with Thelonious Monk’s “’Round Midnight”. In search for a key, we arrived at Eb minor, a favorite key among seasoned sax players. Perfect! All the lead sheets I foun...
Ted Greene Explores “Yesterdays” 01/24/2000
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Ted Greene Teaches “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” 12/05/96 - Part 2
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Ted goes through his guitar arrangement of the Gershwin tune he played on his “Solo Guitar” LP. Part 2 takes us from the middle of the song to the end with that very cool tag and his ‘signature stamp’ #11 chord. Video Credits: Nick Stasinos 12/05/96. Ted’s “Solo Guitar” LP was released in 1977 at the same time I started taking lessons from him. I picked up the LP at Valley Arts Guitar that same...
Ted Greene Teaches “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” 12/05/96 - Part 1
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Ted goes through his guitar arrangement of the Gershwin tune he played on his "Solo Guitar" LP. Part 1 takes us from the intro to midway into the song, just before the key modulation into the swing section. Video Credits: Nick Stasinos 12/05/96. Ted’s “Solo Guitar” LP was released in 1977 at the same time I started taking lessons from him. I picked up the LP at Valley Arts Guitar that same year...
Joe Diorio, What Every Musician Ought To Know, Part 2 (January 2006)
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I was unaware Joe Diorio had passed away on Feb. 2nd until seeing the “Joe Diorio Celebration of Life” held on Feb. 15th, hosted by Beth Marlis, here on CZcams. I was moved! Joe touched my heart! So, I decided to share this video of Joe Diorio speaking in two 30 minute seqments. This is part two. This video was recorded at the Joe Diorio Fund Raiser/Jazz Guitar Workshop, hosted by John Pisano, ...
Joe Diorio, What Every Musician Ought To Know, Part 1 (January 2006)
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I was unaware Joe Diorio had passed away on Feb. 2nd until seeing the “Joe Diorio Celebration of Life” held on Feb. 15th, hosted by Beth Marlis, here on CZcams. I was moved! Joe touched my heart! So, I decided to share this video of Joe Diorio speaking in two 30 minute seqments. This is part one. This video was recorded at the Joe Diorio Fund Raiser/Jazz Guitar Workshop, hosted by John Pisano, ...
The Gary Potter Trio, Hotter Than Hot, Part 2 (August 2000)
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This posting was the result of me trying to rescue my failing out-of-print DVD. I thought: Why not share it? After all, Gary is “hotter than hot”, is he not, when it comes to his Django chops? This is part two of a concert that was filmed 'live' in a small intimate club called Central Station in Wrexham, North Wales, England in 2000. Gary Potter is one of the more distinctive voices among the D...
The Gary Potter Trio, Hotter Than Hot, Part 1 (August 2000)
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This posting was the result of me trying to rescue my failing out-of-print DVD. I thought: Why not share it? After all, Gary is “hotter than hot”, is he not, when it comes to his Django chops? This is part one of a concert that was filmed 'live' in a small intimate club called Central Station in Wrexham, North Wales, England in 2000. Gary Potter is one of the more distinctive voices among the D...
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Ted Greene Performs Live "Someone To Watch Over Me" 03/04/89
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Thank you so much for sharing this.
If only the camera was on Ted’s hands instead of his face
Ted's legacy is alive....🎸🔥❤️
19:16 the lick
Used to go see Joe at his open room ,most times I’d be there with just Joe (he obviously had a huge patience ) I was at a real crossroads with studying scales etc etc ;I was just fed up he told me a story about his meeting with Wes Montgomery “he was crying because he hated that that music had so many symbols “ well after 53 years of playing and 47 years of playing professionally I now know what Joe taught me : And I’m still learning from him,,RIP Joe …what a great bloke and unbelievably great musician
Genial.
"One year you can change your life 20years you can change the world"..🤫😉
" Music is the voice of God"🤔😮😏🤗
Ted Greene is super patient
GENIO.
Thanks for posting. I can't believe CZcams hasn't put this in my feed before now! Copied and pasted from Discogs: Bass - Andy Crowdy Guitar - Gary Potter (3) Rhythm Guitar - Nils Solberg 1 Manha De Carnaval 2 Belleville 3 Body And Soul 4 Nuits De St. Germain Des Prés 5 Blue Drag 6 Limehouse Blues 7 J'Attendrai 8 Dark Eyes 9 Manoir De Mes Réves (Django's Castle) 10 Sweet Georgia Brown
What’s a “ high platform “…? Beautiful playing.
At 4:28 to 4:35 listen up as our main man TED GREENE shows us where the great sir Paul McCartney got an idea for his own song as we all have got to know as Penny Lane - !
wish I could find a way to buy a download of this
Loved that connect between Sukiyaki and the Maverick theme.
Great talk through the build up of the song.
My Master. 🙌🏼
Wise words! Thanks for sharing this so we can all continue to be inspired by such a great musician and thinker. Rip Joe and thank you
i have the video of Tal farlow playing the solo of "my romance" with harmonics, very melodic, jazzy,that solo was a "song" ... you can play a solo in many way using altered notes , but if it does not "swing" means "does not come from the heart"(most of the great musicians said ,"play what you hear"..it takes a lot preparation, a lot of practice ,is like composing a song, Tal Farlow didn't read music..and he had the music in his brain ,in his heart,and he played what he felt to play.
Grateful thanks for posting this. One of the most exciting guitarists I have ever heard. Quite incredible double stops and he is such a tasteful player at any speed. Thank goodness for youtube to be able to post such immortal moments of guitar playing history. He is such a consummate player with no limitations. Thank you Nick.
Anyone know what guitar that is? Thanks
It's a D'Angelico, most likely the Excel EX1 model.
@@nickstasinos thank you 🙏
I was there on day one of GIT. Remember spending time with you, disappointing to hear your view of it, after all, it produced Howard Alden and Jimmy Herring and who knows how many more, you taught me a lot, met some friends of yours in Chicago, oh yeah! Little Joe, they all spoke highly of you, RIP!
Just WOW! The genius also captured this moment
wow! there is some sickly people in that audience
"We're not giving it a name right now" 😆
so inspiring!
Wow Nick, this is wonderful. So inspiring to hear Joe talk about the process. I loved going to see Joe on Guitar Nights. He was an absolutely brilliant musician.
Thanks for posting. I loved Diorio since 1960/61 “Exodus to Jazz”!! I’m now 81, play nylon string guitar every day, still inspired by Joe! Of course, I’m not good by any stretch!! Still working on “Classical Gas”!
An extraordinary piece by an exemplary musician.
yipee
Another pearl of a video plagued by a cacophony of coughs. If you are coughing STAY HOME!
Great man
Is that a Travis bean?!?
Yes, it is!
Thank you so much for sharing these incredible videos. There's so much to learn from Ted
What a gift to see and hear this. Ed will always represent the finest of fingerstyle composition and playing!
Thanks for sharing your (I guess) lessons with Ted! I was attending M.I. in the early nineties, he was already a "leggend", unfortunately I didn't have a chance to meet him in person.
No wonder he was such a beautiful player… he seems like a great guy.
Man i love ted , wish i knew about him sooner , thx for sharing this.
🎶🎸❤️
Is that it? We don't have next part...
I really like everything in the background. Super nice and yes you can see he loves teaching.
There is no one else like him in the history of guitar. Such an extraordinary talent and sweet human!
Ted playing an Epiphone?? Cool!
I’m not sure if I could hold the camera still in the presence of the Chord Chemist!!
The true genius of Ted is so apparent here. Even when Ted uses dissonance it's always musical and there's a proper resolution. A lot of young players today use dissonance and then resolve it to another dissonance to the point that you don't even know what the song is that they're playing and they think it's cool but all it becomes is a mathematical exercise.
I've been looking for this for a long time; thank you for the post. Stanley Jordan is incredible.
Nice piece, playing and Somogyi guitar👍
What a patience and way of communicating. He knows exactly where the student is, what to show and how to stimulate to find progress!!
After driving Joe to the Newark airport, we were saying goodbye and then Joe started to walk into the airport but suddenly stopped and turned around. Joe said, I want to give you something. He reached into a pocket on his guitar case and pulled out his personal copy of Yogananda's book called, A Biography of A Yogi. Joe said that he carried this book everywhere he went. I knew the book was special to him and hesitated to take it. But Joe was insistent that I have it. Years later I sent it back to him. I wanted it to go back to the rightful owner. I purchased my own copy. -- Listening to Joe talk in this video I hear his philosophy loud and clear. Thank you Joe for everything!
19:16 THE LICK
“Do they let you play it if you’re white?” 😂🪦