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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 1. 10. 2015
- Ted Greene was one of the greatest guitarists and music teachers ever! I was fortunate to have studied with him - intermittently, for a few years in the late 1980s. In this video, I share some of Ted's wisdom, and reflect on my time with him.
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Thank you so much for sharing this video ! I studied with Ted for 4 years. One life time is not enough to digest everything I learned from Ted. Ted was the most wonderful person as well as the greatest musician in the world !!!
Ted completely changed my life.
He was like the Taoist master of guitar.
I took lessons from Ted the last year of his life. Ted was the kindest person you could meet in a lifetime. He was a brilliant guitarist!
Yes, he was very kind. When one works all ones life to be the absolute best one can be and finds out someone that good exists.... He was hard to believe, but he was real. The stuff on American Metaphysical Circus is pretty funny. I always thought Joe Byrd was making fun of the state of music at the time. The underground radio would play it about 2:00am. I also ran across Van Eps around the same time in a novelty store playing behind the counter- I think he might have owned it. He was very humbling. Hooray for Hollywood!
My introduction to Ted Greene was his book Chord Chemistry. I bought it when it first came out and it was an eye opener. Over the years I would hear Ted's name mentioned in reverential tones by local guitar heavy weights like Lenny Breau and other giants of the fret board. It wasn't until CZcams came along and I accidentally stumbled across videos of Teds genius that I fully comprehended what those guys were on about.
You were so very fortunate to have actually studied with him. What an awesome experience.
I asked Ted after about my tenth lesson (after realizing how much he had mastered) what currently floated his boat. He took the question very seriously and replied. âIâm really bummed out that I canât improvise fugues as well as Bachâ I said as far as I know Bach didnât play guitar Ted: ) Look up the complexities of composing a fugue whilst following the form let alone IMPROVISING one! Thatâs where Ted Greene was at! Thanks for talking about Ted!!
That is very humbling.
âCompared to Bach⊠man, we all suck.â
Pat Metheny
Thanks, Adam. Appreciate the lesson.
Ive watched this before. Its an absolutely magical video. Filled with love and music! Iâll come again for this !! Dig Ted Greene! Indeed! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing all of this đâ€ïž
I just bought Ted's CD a few weeks ago. I have to say I am stunned. His harmonic complexity floors me.
thank you so much!
i can feel the love from both of you when you both speak about harmony!
Thanks Adam! I've watched dozens of your videos and I really appreciate your thoughtful delivery and deep insight.
6:43 reminded me of the chord progression from Joe Satriani's "Not Of This Earth"
Great Video Adam! So nice to hear a personal account of your experience with Ted. Iâm incredibly jealous that you had the opportunity to study with him. Iâll have to make do with the books and videos.
Whatâs nice is that Teds output is so vast and sophisticated that itâs great to hear peopleâs condensed experience of what they drew from him.
Take care and peace my friend.
I was very lucky -- growing up in the Los Angeles area in the â70s and â80s. Studying with Ted Greene at that time was a right of passage for many of my peers.
At 8 minute 10 seconds you can see an amber figure pass behind Levy as he explains choosing a lower inversion of FM7 closer to home-i think Ted Greene briefly stopped by to show his appreciation â€
Hello Adam ! I want to thank you for making this video and mentioning dear Ted..
He is a great inspiration to me.
Beautifully sincere and hunker much like Ted great great tips and lesson Adam !!!!!! Thanks for sharing.
Wow Adam... stumbled upon this video LOVED it, subscribed now my adventure begins. Thanks a lot for these!
Adam, thanks for a great video. Your soft spoken clarity reminds me of someone . . . very nicely explained too. More please . . . .
Just stumbled upon the magic of Ted. A big moment for sure. Great sounding guitar there, need more baroque stuff for sure
Thank you so much!! thinking of learning more about that harp armonic, really love it!thanks again
that was awesome, thanks Adam!
Great Channel Adam! Ted was the most humble human. I miss him dearly
Ted and you got some in common...listening to you talking and playing is very rewarding! Good stuff!
Thanks, Fabian!
Greene the unplow-able! LOVE IT!!!!!!!! Thanks so much Adam!! (Greene=YODA!) That 4-vid installment (one hour, total, on CZcams) of him doing Baroque counterpoint ALONE is a lifetime, AND THEN SOME, of work... Can't believe it's been 10 years already :-(
daleturner hahabi just discovered those vids. I thought the same thing. More than a lifetime of info in those vids. Ted was truly a genius
Great material and presentation Adam - Thank you for sharing !
Thanks for tuning in!
thank you so much.đ just discovered Bill Frisell and Ted Greene in the same week! im set for life. subbed
Awesome!
Brett Price that's a damn good week
Add Julian Lage and Gilad Hekselman in your playlist! :D
Caffeinated AJ dude. i was listening to Gilad over the weekend. mind blowing. thanks for taking the time. have you checked out pasquale grasso yet?
Not yet; but I've been listening to Ted Greene, Ed Bickert, and Wes Montgomery. lol
So insightful thank you for sharing! Magnificent! 10TH'S now I am learning them all these years playing Blackbird and I never thought about the Intervals.
Great video, great info, thanks
hi Adam, so great to remember Ted Greene. Keep up the good work and the good notes, you are a great inspiration too
Man - thanks so much, Giampaolo.
I'll certainly listen to him. Thank you Adam.
I was lucky to have met Ted at the Dick Grove Music Workshop in Studio City, way back in 1977 .... He made a lasting impression to this then 17 year old ... still have his handouts, his books, his CD . Thanks for posting this, I really like all your
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Wow! I went to Dick Grove in the mid 1980s. I learned so much there.
When did you go? I was there in 85-87. First in Guitar, then Songwriting, then CAP.
Salsa Blanca I was there at that same time, General Musicianship Program, then CAP. Did we meet??
Sorry, forgot I was posting under my band page. I was in CAP in 86, but I took a semester off and came back in 87. I unfortunately only made 2 semesters due to finances. I was on the road in 88, so I'm pretty sure that was the right timeframe. I was in the first time with Bruce Salvati, can't remember anymore names. That was a strange time in my life :)
Dick Grove and Ted Greene in the same sentence... You guys know what's up! Two amazing pinnacles in music and education.
Well done lesson, inspirational and aspirational. Like a zen teacher ;)
Thanks, @MrMusicguyma!
Wow. I just found your Guitar Tips channel. I love your approach. I've been playing music for years, but have just recently been taking the guitar seriously. Your lessons/tips are so encouraging, instructional, and inspiring. I will definitely be checking out your other videos and looking forward to new ones. Thank you so much!
Hello Adam, I did discover Ted Green from Pandora. I discovered you watching Nora. Your playing was sublime and melodic. It was a perfect pairing her piano and your guitar.
thanks Adam - love Ted Greene and you are carrying the flame
Ah -- thank you!
I bought his hand draw chords book in the 70s and could never assimilate everything :-) but I learned a lot from it.
After watching your video, I think that I will try to find his book in my pile of booksâŠ
Dig it up -- it's worth it!
So good
I've been a huge fan of Ted Greene for a long time, but I've only recently discovered the work of Billy Butler, not because of anybody mentioning him, but because I've heard his solo on "In the dark" for Carrie Smith (a fantastic and underrated singer) that was just one of the most beautiful blues solo I've ever heard, quite short but an example of pure class, and I've decided to find more about him. It's great to discover that even Ted Greene was a fan of him.
Oh -- wow! I'd never heard this Carrie Smith record before. What a gem. Thank you.
:) some of my favorite guitarists!!!!
Nice video; thanks Adam. I discovered a two hour class (at MI?) that he did - just phenomenal. As someone commented on that video, if there was something that Ted didn't know about guitar, it probably wasn't worth knowing. A little hyperbole, but what a creative mind.
I got all Ted Greene books love it
Ted Greene was one of the few guitarists that made a guitar sound like a piano.
Yes -- and more!
good muzik!
Thanks, Adam! What a great legacy TG had left.
No doubt.
I really dig your enlightened tips. Would be cool if you could give us some tips on chord soloing over an A minor vamp. I'd like to learn some weird new chords
Your energy reminds me of Tedâs. Of course Iâve only seen videos of him, but I subbed you for it!
James Cunningham Thanks, James!
OK, that cinches it.
I recall from Danny Gatton's Telemaster! video where he said that he pulled his B3-sounding stuff from Bill Doggett records.
So, if Danny Gatton, Adam Levy and Ted Greene endorse Bill Doggett, I need to listen to more Bill Doggett.
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7:37 I have to have these chords.
My copy just arrived, and I can't put it down! In the last year, I have been accompanying more vocalists with solo guitar, and I am always looking for ways to make the arrangement more interesting - can't wait to start putting some of these in the mix. And as a lover of books, the handwritten aspect of it is very cool. Great Tip - Many thanks!
If you want to hear applications of what Adam is talking about around 17:50, look up Tim Lerch, another Ted Green student.
crm1492 Yes - Tim really has the Ted spirit!
Hi, I've just been on Tim Lerch video on Melodic minor harmony lesson. Thanks for making me discover this great guitarist!!
Amazing! What kind of guitar are you playing?
Martin 000-17SM
I want to learn Ted Greene style of guitar playing, but it is so hard and frustrating to find some teacher who speaks Ted Greene here in sydney. I usually learn thru face to face that's why.
I wish I knew of someone in Sydney to recommend. If you're open to remote lessons, Tim Lerch really knows Ted's style. www.timlerch.com/
Adam, I could send you a 5 hour energy drink.
Yes, please.
Pulling out the Jake E Lee thumb on the fretboard :D
I have a Martin and it drives me crazy because the double dot is on the 9th fret. I had the same issue watching you play harmonics until I realized your double dot was also on the 9th fret. Do you know why?
Alex,
As far as I'm aware, there is no absolute standard for where the double-dot fretboard inlays are placed. In fact, I hadn't even noticed the 9th-fret placement on my Martin 000-17SM until you mentioned it! (The position markers along the side of the fretboard are all single, and that's all I reference while playing.) Sorry for any confusion. Ultimately, we should all be able to play without looking at the fretboard at all - but I still peek sometimes.
All best,
~Adam
Beautiful guitar Adam, Is it a smaller scale?
Standard Martin scale, I believe. The model is 000-17SM.
Adam Bock Fdrxxo
No
Icheme Zouggart Huh???
wow sorry I subscribed to you, was listening to one of your video on my iphone, it was in my pocket!!!!
Icheme Zouggart Ha! :^)
Are the melody tones you talk about the same as chord tones?
dry509 The melody notes are the notes of the song-the part you'd sing. Chord tones (R, 3, 5, etc.) should support the melody.
10:44 part 1 by Bill what?
I stand in awe of Ted Greene; ever since I bought 'Chord Chemistry'. But I can never play many of his chords due to a short, first-joint on my left thumb. This means I can't fret bass notes in certain inversions. I just can't curl my thumb around the neck to do it. I should have been a leftie, maybe! Lol! And does anyone else find that the first joint of the left index finger falls right on the first string when using the barre, causing a muffled note?
Good luck!
I think many of us have these little idiosyncrasies, Ted actually discusses this, so don't be too concerned, make your music and stop chasing perfection, nobody has it.
Ted Greene said that he did the TG vibrato with his right arm and shoulder not by moving the neck directly
I blundered into Ted Greene in 1972. After getting over the emotional trauma and ego bludgeoning he gave everyone (I don't think it was on purpose) I realized there was Ted, and there was everyone else- he made one feel like they were waiting to die for the seventeenth time (look it up.
The first page you opened to in chord progressions is the exact page I am at!!!! weird dude
Weird!
I have all of Ted's book and they are great. I think Van Epps "Harmonic Mechanisms" series is the pinnacle of guitar harmony though (and Ted studied with George).
I lived in 'sunny' L.A. for a while...no thanks...to much smog burning my eyes, MS13 gangs roving around, terrible traffic, horribly high cost of living, and gigs that paid way less than back home...I'll take the 'sleepy' Midwest any day of the week.
Okay.
I'm so jealous that you got to study with him đź
It was a blessing, for sure.
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Along with tommy bukovac, best guitar shows on utube
Thanks so much, Jacob.
I canât hear you!! đ
If you're the guitarist who used to play with Norah Jones, I'm a little disappointed I just found your channel.
Michael Ruggles Yep, I am.
louder
Ted had a great brain for theory but he was a terrible live performer, so nervous & shy & unorganized. over the decades I have seen so many guitar players who are legend in their own bedrooms but become frightened rabbits when faced with a live audience. Performance is such an important part of being a complete guitarist.
True enough. Performance is part of a musical life - as are business skills, self-promotion, self-care, etc. But I wouldnât judge Ted too harshly just because of his performance anxiety (or whatever it was that kept him offstage). If heâd had a busy performing/touring schedule, perhaps he wouldnât have had the energy to be such a thoughtful teacher - which, I believe, was his true calling in life.
Would we think any less of J.S. Bach if we learned that heâd never played the Goldberg Variations in public? Did we need to see Angelo Dundee step into the ring to respect him as a great cornerman?