Practicing Ted Greene Cadences

[@michaelstevens8]

Mikko, Hello from Kansas City, Missouri again. Great Video. Your absolutely right about what Ted Greene was teaching with this lesson. Its the ability to Improvise within a 3 Part Texture of Bass, Chords and Melody. Basically its Improvised Chord Melody Technique. This requires a Fingerstyle or Pick and Fingers Technique with the Picking Hand, and a Fretting Hand that's doing 3 things at once, Bass, Chords and Melody. In other words, Classical Guitar Technique. For anyone that's interested, please check out George Van Epps, Joe Pass, Lenny Breau and Earl Klugh as well as Ted Greene. They are Masters of this technique. Thanks.

[@mitchellhaller7190]

I was unaware of the Ted Greene website before this video. Quite a treasure trove of lessons and chord melody tabs. This lesson on cadences at first seemed, what should I say, unexciting. But I now understand that I don't know this material well enough and will benefit from mastering it. Your examples of how to practice and expand on the cadences is very helpful. Thanks!

[@gokayozvardar7577]

thank you for these great ideas

[@Mikkokosmos]

glad you like it

[@cecilkeebler4254]

I have multiple of Ted Greene's chord related books and to say you will get a Allan Holdsworthian worthy finger stretching experience is an understatement. Thanks for the video @Mikko Hilden. Have a great day.

[@Mikkokosmos]

yes I need to get a hold of some of those books :D

[@GuillaumeSIMONJAZZ]

Thanks for the inspiration ! And of course thanks Ted for his amazing ideas ! 😉👍🎶

[@Mikkokosmos]

Yes it's fun working with these ideas 😃👍

[@JohnDierckx]

Thanks Mikko, this is one of my favorite lessons and have seen some great results with students, I was made to learn just like that (even Joe Pass mentioned it in one of his classes: "see the chord shapes and keep it simple") for any guitarist it is a great way to dream away and do beautiful stuff with "simple" means. Champion!

[@alexandrecarbonel5908]

Loved seeing the result and the process

[@alfcollins3810]

Always enjoy your videos ......always learn something ....or refresh my mind from previous times..I enjoy your straight ahead logic on learning and teaching: keep up the good work and happy new year!

[@oscaralmonte4395]

I admire your time management for being able to study so many different books 🙌🏻

[@Mikkokosmos]

@@oscaralmonte4395 it's more a question of not having a life 🤷‍♂️

[@oscaralmonte4395]

@@Mikkokosmos would be great if you can talk about it on a video. Thanks for your content.

[@h0tsex0r]

Each one of the lower appogiaturra sounds like a hint of diminished. On a minor chord is a lilting or longing sound. On a major chord it often sounds playful or teasing.

[@michaelstevens8]

I forgot to mention in my previous comment that the Practical Application of all of this is not only the ability to Improvise in a Multi Part Chord Melody Texture, but also apply this technique during a Single Note Solo. Nowhere is it written in stone that a solo has to be Single Note Monophonic Texture only. Thanks.

[@ledaswan5990]

Damn good point. Improvisation is limitless,play what u want. There are no laws,except whether it sounds good or not.

[@reinh]

From studying his teaching, I know that Ted always stressed the importance of *making music*, even (or especially) while practicing. This is a great example of making a potentially sterile exercise come to life musically.

[@ivo4137]

Happy New Year mikko!

[@Mikkokosmos]

Happy New Year

[@winstonsmith8240]

Neat. 👍

[@Kserx.p]

Great video, watched couple of times already! It would be fantastic if you could also analyse Ted Greene's baroque improvisations.

[@urieldress7559]

thanks

[@diegoguy101]

Appogiatura has to do with if it’s on a weak vs strong beat

[@Mikkokosmos]

Ah I see. I think. So if it's on a strong beat it's an appogiatura? Otherwise a passing or leading note? 🤔

[@stefanhoefer]

@@Mikkokosmos I'd say a leading note can function as an appoggiatura if it happens to be on a strong beat and then resolves to a chord tone. The main thing is that a non-chord tone delays the expected (chord) tone and approaches it by (half)-step

[@moisesalejandrojoseexposit5560]

mr. hilden your guitar sounds very much like a classical guitar, why is it?. i've heard godin guitars before, but usually the tone gets pretty bad, but your eq sound just like a classical guitar

[@Mikkokosmos]

I don't know but I take it as a compliment

[@kareizaamune429]

Nice work. Please what's the name of the guitar?

[@Mikkokosmos]

@@kareizaamune429 thanks. It's a Godin. It's in the description

[@kareizaamune429]

@@Mikkokosmos Thanks.

[@begoode2385]

Julian Lage is overrated .

[@perfectoid8376]

no!

[@armandolopez8726]

Is that the godin with the midi input?

[@Mikkokosmos]

yup