Ted Green Teaching Moonglow & More

[AllanAllen]

Some really cool videos of Ted Greene teaching Moonglow and It Had To Be You while also analyzing on the fly.

[JazzPadd]

Lovely, thank you for posting these!

When I was going through his books in the 1980s, visual sources like this were not easily accessible, so these are precious and the Ted Greene Archives is full of such guitar gems.

[djg]

genius

[AllanAllen]

Lovely, thank you for posting these!

When I was going through his books in the 1980s, visual sources like this were not easily accessible, so these are precious and the Ted Greene Archives is full of such guitar gems.

The videos are what I expected from Modern Chord Progressions. So I was disappointed when it was pages and pages of difficult to grab grips.

[Tal_175]

After watching these videos, some people might be tempted to think, “I should buy Ted Greene’s books and learn how he does all of this.” But I think the real lesson is about adopting a certain attitude in your practice. It’s about exploring tunes, searching for solutions, and discovering ideas that resonate with how you want to arrange your comping.
Of course, this process only becomes efficient once you know your way around the fretboard and have some conception of harmony and voiceleading. But after that, spending time experimenting, listening closely, and following your curiosity is really the spirit I think.

[AllanAllen]

But I think the real lesson is about adopting a certain attitude in your practice. It’s about exploring tunes, searching for solutions, and discovering ideas that resonate with how you want to arrange your comping.

As someone with only 100 songs memorize. The process still reminds me of this.



There are so many common progressions I haven’t identified or encountered and lessons like the video I posted easily present them.

[wolflen]

As someone with only 100 songs memorize. The process still reminds me of this.



There are so many common progressions I haven’t identified or encountered and lessons like the video I posted easily present them.

My study with Ted was somewhat like this. He would flood me with info and when the water recedes I had to put the pieces into a form I ( and others) could
recognize.

Much like a hidden object puzzle..take E7#9 (yes the "Hendrix" chord) do you see/HEAR anything else it could be..

How about Bb13b5 (no root) notice anything else..How about the tri-tone relationship E and Bb and the implied major keys of A and Eb --ahh..more tri-tone material..
and so much more.

Ted would push me to see stuff like that..make me realize that moving just one note in a chord opens up a new harmonic possibility.

[JazzPadd]

Yes, an interesting and inspiring way to look at all this, shifting notes and roles of notes rather than whole chords. Ironically, it perhaps points to the limitations of the guitar, but as a source of creativity. From a certain angle, it’s a minimalist instrument with endless possibilities. So maybe no need to fill books with them; just put principles into practice.

[Tal_175]

The videos are what I expected from Modern Chord Progressions. So I was disappointed when it was pages and pages of difficult to grab grips.

I think the website is a better platform to access Ted Greene's ideas at this point than the books.

[AllanAllen]

I didn't realize some of these were moved from his lesson notes. This is great, I poked around the website before and it was all stamped pages with handwritten chords, no rhythm markings. It was missing too much being notes from someone else's lesson.

https://tedgreene.com/images/lessons...1976-06-09.pdf