Ted Greene Teaches “All The Things You Are” Applying Chords 04/06/98 - Part 1

[@NickFlores_Music]

He is Number 1 don’t care what anyone says he is the best jazz guitarist to ever live

[@cwtag]

Not Kurt Cobain??

[@MichaelDavidFinn]

Don’t limit the beauty of the art of music by labeling it and putting artists into boxes. What’s the meaning, that he’s the “best” guitarist? Music is not a sport. Nobody is racing, so why are you? That says you’re constantly in a race with yourself. In the 70s John Mahavishnu McLaughlin recorded & toured with Carlos Deavadip Santana. One, John, was a speed master, playing a maximum number of notes in a given time! The other, Carlos, would play one note during the same given time, but would squeeze every emotion, every sentiment, aiming for 100% of that note. John did almost the opposite, identifying as many notes, in complex phrasing, the yin and the yang of music. Of course, they were able to play each other’s parts down to the slightest nuance. They were not competing, not racing, and surely not trying to outplay each other, but rather play in a way that brought out the best in each other! Yes Ted Greene was a once in a lifetime musical genius. Note, I didn’t say guitarist, cause that’s not what he was. I hope you take the best, create your own style, but never stop learning, as music is math, the art of music has no end!

[@Sean-398]

In terms of harmony on the guitar he and Lenny Breau were definitely on a whole different level from anyone else that I’m aware of

[@tomklein6984]

The man playing is an orchestra on six strings. What a joy to listen to🙂

[@jasonmudgarde286]

Raised nine can sound aggressive compared to flat nine. Words of wisdom from the best teacher I've ever seen. A treasure trove, thanks for the upload.

[@marka6414]

It's such a treat to have these videos of Ted. I came across his Chord Chemistry book by luck in a London guitar store around 1992, I opened it and was instantly shocked at the thoroughness of the content, I then got the rest of his books as I found them, they weren't in most music shops in those days. I had wanted to take lessons with Ted but wasn't able to afford to travel to the US . These video's give a small insight into his genius for people who never had the fortune to meet him in person. What a wonderful muscian who moved the boundary of what was known to be possible on the guitar and in a league of a few incredibly talented guitarists such as Alan Holdsworth who were a long way ahead of everyone else. The day he passed the guitar world lost a significant amount of guitar knowledge that will probably not be seen again in my lifetime. Thanks for uploading these videos they are truly wonderful.

[@newmemphiscolorways2111]

Unbelievable treasure trove. So grateful these have surfaced. This will now be my school!

[@garysellars8914]

Ted was incredible. What a great person, musician and teacher. How fantastic it must have been to have known him.

[@18echosf]

Everything Ted does is just so musical.........no matter how he starts! All of a sudden.........a tune emerges! There’s never been a better guitarist!

[@ericrussell1117]

I love this guy he’s not a goat meaning the greatest of all times he wouldn’t like he was one of the most important students of music and guitar in our life time he was so talented and humble and he had a great sense of humor truly funny

[@vincentparrella272]

The master laying down all kinds of ideas to ...All the Things.

[@kirkp_nextguitar]

I was playing ATTYA a few minutes ago then this pops up on youtube. What a great lesson!

[@MarkInLA]

ME TOO !!!! Been playing it and making up a solo of sorts the last 3-4 days now !! Then I open the small multi thumbnails of different people and things on the KZbin front page today and there's TG playing ATTYA !! I do wish Ted had stopped the lesson and played the full tune...Maybe it's in another TG video....

[@larryrock11]

This is pure gold!

[@CrossroadsofWorship]

Awesome video!

[@jake608]

No wonder he was such a beautiful player… he seems like a great guy.

[@stevesatterwhite5141]

mind-blowing

[@kwalegbanago6553]

What a wonderful word with music !

[@yagamei]

Just a cautionary note for anything trying to lift what he's doing - I'm fairly certain that guitar is tuned down a half step. You can really hear it early on when he calls out the Cmin9 at 0:35 - it's a Bmin9 in standard.

[@callouscallus]

man, that must have been a bit hard on his less advanced students ha ha

[@yagamei]

@@callouscallus Totally, and I don't know why he did it but I'm assuming it was to open up some of those open string ideas he shares in the video.

[@callouscallus]

@@yagamei Currently reading "My Life With the Chord Chemist", seems like he tried to find the sweet spot for each guitar and certain ones sounded good with these tunings. Ted just expects the rest of us to follow along! Awesome!

[@NathanSotoGuitar]

Yep, that was a common thing for him to do. He would get a deeper bass tone once amplified. I read he used. 012 flat wound strings to keep that warmer tone on a Tele

[@yogavibe2516]

Thanks for the great post !

[@claymationwaves]

The master

[@bartlebob]

What a treat !

[@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation]

Hi Nick - I come back to your video clips often and always find more to learn and feel. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas my friend - Best Wishes - John McCain

[@nickstasinos]

It's so nice to hear from you, John! You have had some great lessons with Ted, too! There's just so much to comprehend and assimilate. I have more to post for the coming new year! Merry Christmas!

[@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation]

@@nickstasinos Great to hear from you Nick ! I've dedicated my little channel to Ted and George VE and try to provide some building blocks for players wanting to play in that Baroque Improv vein. I'm subscribed to your channel and will look forward. to your new posts. I recently ran across the Bix Beiderbecke transcription you sent me years ago ! Thanks again for being great ! Merry Christmas - John

[@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation]

@@nickstasinos I have a transcribed Excerpt posting early tomorrow morning of some counterpoint on Someday My Prince Will Come from Cesar Pineda's lesson with Ted on your channel. The line that begins at 5:29.

[@nickstasinos]

@@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation Hey John, Did you go to the Ted Greene website and download my "Flashes" transcription I donated there? If not, you should. It is comprehensive, complete with notation, tablature, chord grids, history, and performance notes. Ted started me out with Baroque harmony and later said I was a good candidate for pursuing that style of playing. How exciting! I look forward to visiting your channel soon.

[@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation]

@@nickstasinos Thank you Nick ! Thank you for alerting me to that - I will certainly check it out. I posted Ted's Someday My Prince Will Come Excerpt and a little George Van Eps on my channel this morning. Hope you get to look around on there and perhaps find something you like !

[@wwai9]

Wow! I Love this channel.

[@pablocorrea5206]

love it thank you very much nick!!!

[@nickstasinos]

You're welcome!

[@mintygreen8760]

Is that a D’Angelico Ted is playing? The tone is gorgeous!

[@nickstasinos]

Ted named his guitars. I believe that is "Carmelita", a 60's D'Angelico copy.

[@mintygreen8760]

Nick Stasinos Thanks Nick!

[@undisclosedvip3028]

Amazing!.... thank you thank you thank you!!! :)

[@nickstasinos]

You're welcome! Ted tunes open strings in Part 2. EZ to match your guitar to his to play along.

[@lionellovanoni733]

Master 🙂

[@dovane9932]

Fantastic, but i can't find part two😥. Can you send me the link, please!!

[@nickstasinos]

Part two will be uploaded Friday, Feb. 1st.

[@paulgibby6932]

Please, somebody tell me how to spell those chords from 1:28 to 1:35. So beautiful and jazzy.

[@nickstasinos]

Just before 1:28 he plays Dm7, then uses the half step approach for each of the following chords: | G#m9 to Gm9 | C#9 to C13 | F#6 to F6 | B6/9 to Bb6/9 | The chord names correspond to where they are visually on the fingerboard, even though Ted's chords sound lower he plays them (remember Ted is tuned down). Tune up with Ted in Part 2 and you will sound the same. Tune-up or rather tune down here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6DLhXp-nr6rY6c

[@paulgibby6932]

@@nickstasinos Thankyou!

[@nickstasinos]

Hey Paul, I am trying something new! I posted a link at the bottom of the video description to my dropbox for the actual chord grids Ted used between 1:28 and 1:35. You, or whoever, let me know if you can get to the sheet. Thanks!

[@paulgibby6932]

@@nickstasinos That is fantastic, Nick! Thanks so much. It works fine. All the best

[@djabroni_brochacho4644]

Is that a real John D'Angelico??? I have one of the new rebranded ones made in Korea and I love it, but if that's a real one I'm glad he had one.

[@nickstasinos]

No! It is a modern copy.

[@zenith8868]

Can we address the sea of books behind him

[@stridersongs]

They‘re filled with more chords and theory! 😮

[@Kerhuz]

Why is every video him playing guitar in front of a pile of vhs tapes?

[@nickstasinos]

Ted was of the mindset that his favorite TV shows and movies would no longer be available or, at least, not for free. He was always recording something. Do you want to know what was on those VHS tapes? Beautiful film scores! Ted focused not only on the classic stories, but also on the music and orchestration.

[@Kerhuz]

@@nickstasinos ok that actually makes sense now. :)

[@zapantalambda]

What guitar is he using here pls?

[@nickstasinos]

That is "Carmelita"! Ted named all his guitars. It's a 1960s D'Angelico copy. All this info is at the Ted Greene website. The web link is at the bottom of my notes.

[@bluesorgtfo]

is there a transcription of this

[@golds04]

Anyone know what guitar that is? Thanks

[@nickstasinos]

It's a D'Angelico, most likely the Excel EX1 model.

[@golds04]

@@nickstasinos thank you 🙏

[@davidseriff711]

Hi Nick, are you the student in the video?

[@nickstasinos]

No! This is Cesar Pineda's lesson. Cesar is the student in the video. Cesar was a co-worker whom I referred to Ted for lessons. With his blessing, I am posting his videos. My involvement is editing, processing, and posting the videos with a brief description. I, too, was a student of Ted's and some of my videos are posted on KZbin through the TedGreeneArchives channel connected with the website TedGreene.com.

[@tonyjasilbrazz362]

@@nickstasinos Thanks a million for your generosity! Much appreciated!

[@MuriMorello]

it wont be playable ahahahaha complete master

[@Billythebassist]

I think he said that because he is actually tuned down a few steps? Could be wrong though....

[@midi1529]

But how does this help?

[@nickstasinos]

To answer your question, be more specific.

[@webrambler88]

It's better when he plays a proper archtop. Why would he use a Tele when he could have such a beautiful jazz guitar?

[@FredGuits]

You’ll need strong hands to wring those harmonies out of the instrument.

[@Wolferal]

Compared to this guy I know nothing. lol