Ted Greene Baroque Improv

Ted Greene Baroque Improv - Part 1

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Footage of Ted giving a guitar lesson (6/26/96) and the topics cover the Baroque period, Bach and guitar improv.
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@TedGreeneArchives 14 жыл бұрын

Dedicated to all who studied with (or wished they had studied with) Ted.

@Fantasized1 6 жыл бұрын

TedGreeneArchives Thanks to you I actually do study with him now!

@schach420 6 жыл бұрын

and indirectly to all who studied with bach

@juanbusquier8546 11 ай бұрын

Muchas gracias❤

@michaelralte8195 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine being this good and being largely unknown to the general public

@Jeremythemarketer 2 жыл бұрын

True, it hurts almost.

@davidalkana2485 Жыл бұрын

that’s modern jazz for you

@ziggybongwater7915 Жыл бұрын

yep, same with danny gatton

@emerica703 Жыл бұрын

@@ziggybongwater7915 Roy Buchanon too, never got the wide recognition they deserved

@user-qs3ws2lo4c Жыл бұрын

@@emerica703 do they need it?

@Jarl.music1 8 жыл бұрын

The fact that he can play that all improvised… WHILE having a conversation?!? Mind blowing!!

@sitarnut 4 жыл бұрын

E.M. he does the same thing, talking that is, whilst he's showing some cat LENNY BREAU'S complicated Bill Evans type voicings on an older blonde Guild axe.... and he's chiming the bass note #$%^&*( Ted was far and away the greatest mind for Harmony I've ever seen and I certainly think on a par with Lenny... just different... I'm still working with his book decades on..... how lucky are we!

@kbkesq 2 жыл бұрын

Big deal. I can talk while walking.

@kipponi 2 жыл бұрын

@@kbkesq Not same.

@overtonesnteatime198 2 жыл бұрын

@@kbkesq wow you have fun with that.

@KrayKow 2 жыл бұрын

@@kbkesq i can walk and talk and look and breathe and clap at the same time

@RickGraham 7 жыл бұрын

astounding.

@dooboio7816 6 жыл бұрын

When I see Rick Graham commenting on a video I know I'm onto something good.

@jimhouse9961 6 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing...

@Sandemose 6 жыл бұрын

You are as well Rick.

@jadeowenhamblyn4405 3 жыл бұрын

I agree, Ted Greene is YOOJ.

@DeanLamb 4 жыл бұрын

I go back to this video series for inspiration when I'm stuck writing new music.

@lolingermany 4 жыл бұрын

no matter what genre u enjoy to play, hearing ted play inspires u to make music :)

@_knitch 3 жыл бұрын

Not surprised to see you here! I used to be a tech death junkie as a kid. So much to learn in every genre.

@WillKriski 14 жыл бұрын

I tabbed out the progression in 6ths that Ted mentions if anyone's interested - from key of C to Am to F to Dm to Bb to Gm, etc it's IV V I in each key using first inversion (so 3rd in bass for IV and IV to root for I). Minor keys use melodic minor, so IV and V are major chords.

@ziggybongwater7915 Жыл бұрын

the V isn't dominant? or do you mean its a triad? thanks great work transcribing this btw!

@Cyprous Жыл бұрын

why Bb and why Gm? why the scale changes?

@ziggybongwater7915 Жыл бұрын

@@Cyprous cycle 6ths is modulating through the cycle of fourth except before you modulate a fourth you modulate to the sixth of the key center. so instead of going c-f-b flat-e flat you go to the relative minor which is a sixth away, eg g-e minor, then modulate up a 4th to c major- a minor. i'm not expert but i think it works best as ted described, using a iv v i progression. so, correct me if im wrong the chord progression in full is (from c): Fmaj-Gmaj-Cmajor>(6th of C is Aminor and there fore follows)Dmaj-Emaj-Amin then modulate a fourth down to Bbmaj-Cmaj-Fmaj>(6th of F is dminor)Gmajor-Amajor-Dminor and so on and so forth until you get to your chosen key.

@Cyprous Жыл бұрын

@@ziggybongwater7915 i understand better now, i really need improve my english to get these musical teory treaseures :(

@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation Жыл бұрын

Hi Will - I've made a playlist of transcribed Baroque Improv Excerpts on my channel. You might enjoy checking it out : kzfaq.info/sun/PLoLOItWSclTUZ-IkiD3vKWWujieIOfFKY

@MrTommySullivan 6 жыл бұрын

How completely beautiful. To have a modern-day musician break down Bach's style. Usually, it's about being able to 'play' Bach, but Ted actually understood where his mind was with the approach and style. This is the space of the master.

@chrishaughey648 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah he's speaking about him as a fellow musician

@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation Жыл бұрын

Hi PO G - I've made a playlist of transcribed Baroque Improv Excerpts on my channel. You might enjoy checking it out : kzfaq.info/sun/PLoLOItWSclTUZ-IkiD3vKWWujieIOfFKY

@mentoneman Жыл бұрын

His classical improvisations are so beautiful. His accuracy and conviction seems highest when playing that style.

@M.Alfonso 29 күн бұрын

So embarrassing for those classical musicians who play the sheet note by note, only to have a jazz guitarist improvise what they practice playing for weeks

@ceili 10 жыл бұрын

This is just crazy! To be able to improvise lines like that is astonishing. I don't think I've ever seen such a stunning display of virtuosity on the guitar. Ted Greene is an out and out genius!

@matcoddy6097 7 жыл бұрын

look into counter point, that's what he bases all his music on

@bertochan4344 6 жыл бұрын

"To be able to improvise lines like that is astonishing". You forgot, "... while holding a conversation"

@leswhitetrash697 5 жыл бұрын

Ted made Lenny Breau laugh while playing the Baroque stuff.... there's an eight CD set out there of Ted and Lenny hanging out all day, playing for each other, talking and finally playing together... Epic.

@richardhoran6360 4 жыл бұрын

Are the cd’s available?

@eastonpeter1242 4 жыл бұрын

Where? , please

@Lavignesean 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone find this cd set?

@jscordoba3 11 жыл бұрын

In a dream world I'd love to hear Ted and Glen Gould discuss bach.

@Batsinthebelltower 5 жыл бұрын

this is the first time ive seen this guy and ive been playing for 23 years, mind = blown

@The_Invisible_Man 3 жыл бұрын

somehow when i discover a new incredible musician it always comes back to Bach. Bach the master.

@davewhitehill3602 6 жыл бұрын

I was taught in music school that Bach was a master improviser, not unlike Ted...what a genius!!!

@rhmayer1 2 жыл бұрын

Mozart, too.

@nickyVshellpink 11 жыл бұрын

This video and the Universal Mind of Bill Evans video, pure youtube gold. I watch once a month religiously.

@user-dj6mj5ck6s 3 жыл бұрын

he talks like the guitar playing is out of his control... he surrendered himself to the whims of the instrument, its character, and its manifold possibilities. a true genius of music

@imranchaudhary3776 3 жыл бұрын

recorded june 26,1996 and i happen to find this on 26june2021 so happy this was captured

@jmbelkadi 10 жыл бұрын

He is giving a Baroque Harmony Lesson. while is answering questions and improvising counter point lines....ALL AT THE SAME TIME...!!!

@GuitarlosCarlos 11 жыл бұрын

ALL THE MUSICAL IDEAS THAT PASS THROUGH YOU JUST FLY OUT OF TED GREENS MIND AS HE LISTENS TO THE MUSIC / MOVEMENT THAT'S ALL AROUND US... IN FACT WE ARE ALL IN THE MIDDLE OF IT...

@phillynn79 8 жыл бұрын

Never heard someone talk so naturally about music. Pure gold.

@deepspacetheater 3 жыл бұрын

"Of course, they tell you not to do either of those. Tell that to Bach!" EXACTLY.

@nitroxsam66 6 жыл бұрын

Ted is amazing in so many ways. Incredible teacher and musician, and is so humble, warm and willing to share what he knows in an open and non condescending way.

@AndreaMercurioMusic 9 жыл бұрын

This is simply.....unbelievable. Thank you so much for sharing this precious videos. This is gold.

@nuke97 13 жыл бұрын

He truly was the "Yoda" of guitar.

@Istari_01 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, he is so free on his instrument, it’s amazing. Very humbling, very inspirational.

@hotrodius 13 жыл бұрын

As a classical guitarist, all I can say is holy crap, how can anyone IMPROVISE that stuff?

@joshuacastillo1969 2 жыл бұрын

Practice 40 hours a day

@sarge7string232 2 жыл бұрын

Be Ted Greene

@Ayo.Ajisafe 2 жыл бұрын

It's the Jazz way. By that I mean, to a jazz player, a concept isn't useful if you don't know how to use it for improv. Anything Ted was interested in he would have come at it from an improvisational perspective. I'm learning 4 part harmony and I've also trying to come at it from the same perspective. How can I extrapolate this information so it's immediately accessible to me? You could work out a counterpoint for the major scale. Once you can play something in a scalar manner you can improvise with it. Over different progressions, in different keys. It's just a mentality you have to adopt if you want to play Jazz.

@eelamite Жыл бұрын

bro did the best of both worlds

@jaconova 11 ай бұрын

Jazz is posterior to baroque improvisation. So you are wrong about pretty much all the pedant blabbery you said, lol. @@Ayo.Ajisafe

@jaconova 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine Ted and Bach meeting in heaven! Guitar for Ted, Bach with harpsichord. These lines are so hauntingly beautiful The core of the baroque exploration of harmony was really a journey inside the human soul and their relationship with GOD.

@TropicIslandMusic 2 жыл бұрын

In an age before the guitar - this what lutenists did. Check out Silvius Leopold Weiss - Bach admired him enough to travel to hear him perform. Bach never wrote for guitar but wrote 4 stunning lute suites probably thanks to knowing Weiss.

@ThePmfan Жыл бұрын

supposedly they would improvise together.

@eelamite Жыл бұрын

one of a kind. i remember when i saw this in like highschool year 10 or sum, still blows my mind years later

@italiannameportugueseguy5400 7 жыл бұрын

I've never seen this level of playing, passion and knowledge during a conversation perhaps I never will see another person like him (hope not though)

@camillobenso3202 7 жыл бұрын

perhaps ??? for sure :-)

@pickinstone 13 жыл бұрын

@MrWallerand that's the beauty of it, you don't think chords. Instead, you hear voice leading of the inner voicings/ notes that you play. It's not vapid chord grippes, but real harmonic movement. This is what Parker heard, those half step guide-tones. This is what Bach heard, Lennie Tristano, so on. When you force yourself to listen to everything that you're doing on the frets you develop a connection with the guitar. This is music.

@geoffstockton 10 жыл бұрын

Wow, I really love Ted Green. Such a bad-ass yet so totally grounded. An excellent player and teacher.

@dennisjohansson5716 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! This is golden stuff!

@JustinBryantdotcom 7 жыл бұрын

Wow! I love that this stuff is out there.

@kharnvelzyghur 13 жыл бұрын

i love this man for his contribution to music.

@melodetharist1888 4 жыл бұрын

Just outstanding!!

@JohnPickup 12 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for getting this stuff online. Holy crap what an amazing musician.

@st.fiacre6685 8 жыл бұрын

This guy is taking Bach's music apart and dissecting like a mechanic does with components of an engine,and then putting it back together again.

@BrianHardoin 7 жыл бұрын

Except, in real time, while playing it. It's like a racecar driver replacing a steering linkage while he drives.

@paulgibby6932 7 жыл бұрын

and talking about what he's thinking at the same time. Unbelievable

@TheJofrica 5 жыл бұрын

And listening to and responding to the interviewer. Mr. Steve Herberman I believe, an excellent guitarist in his own right.

@paulgibby6932 5 жыл бұрын

@Ken Allday heya. welcome to Ted, the Master's, House.

@flangeres1752 12 жыл бұрын

Great stuff...thank you very much for sharing it!!!

@gigsup 11 жыл бұрын

These lessons are historical. I keep coming back here to learn more. Thanks so much for sharing this and enlightening the rest of us.

@sammuniz5360 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing. Beautiful playing and it's improvised.

@filarmonico1946 13 жыл бұрын

Ted Greene... a great Master. Thank you very much!

@20vtechnik Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. I’ve watched it on and off for many years and it’s amazing to experience this natural genius in his element. Thanks again!

@caseysbarmaltaphub2878 4 ай бұрын

This is just surreal!

@Sandemose 14 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for doing this. This is absolutly fantastic. He is my biggest inspiration when it comes to teaching, his vast knowledge and his will to always learn new things. This channel embodies Teds work as a teacher: We come here to learn and to share. It doesnt get more beautiful than this. Best and warmest regards to you Barbara, Sandemose

@JulioHerrlein 14 жыл бұрын

This is just amazing ! Ted was a truly genius of improvisation. regards from Brasil !

@Priyadarshan_Nag 5 жыл бұрын

Every note this man played was pure gold!

@rafaelnunez9451 9 жыл бұрын

so beautiful improvisation...genius....

@missangas1 2 жыл бұрын

Ted is fantastic guitar player, wonderful !!!

@tycoljr 12 жыл бұрын

the beauty in this instruction will educate for generations to come

@gscgold 5 жыл бұрын

so cool, I wish I had my lessons I taped on audio when I studied classical guitar, gone forever. what a treasure these lessons are.

@jscordoba3 3 жыл бұрын

I've been coming back to this for over a decade now. What this lesson really did for me was open my ears as far as song writing. Even still, new things click every time I watch.

@didierleclerc66 2 жыл бұрын

Just beautiful music. Never heard of him before. Genius

@noelmeehan 10 жыл бұрын

That's more stunning than watching a show of virtuosos. How he explains doing all at the same time with FULL knowledge of what he's talking about. That's absolutely amazing mind, what a talent... Too bad he's gone so early..

@DanSindel 14 жыл бұрын

This series of videos is a MUST for anyone who studies guitar

@dragyourhalo 12 жыл бұрын

have yet to see anyone with a greatest understanding of the guitar. an amazing inspiration

@nickcherry275 2 жыл бұрын

You hear him and think he's a master, then you see how he cranks it out off hand and casually while holding a convo. It's maddening, in the best way. Ted is the embodiment of practice makes perfect. Seems like he was such a nice guy too. Thanks for sharing!

@Fishies125 11 жыл бұрын

This is phenomenal.

@selliantuttimusi6735 Жыл бұрын

Master musician, master guitarist. Ted was truly special. Thanks for sharing this gem of video, this is just invaluable information!

@KABRIS1 13 жыл бұрын

This is amazing.

@twangbarfly 13 жыл бұрын

Apart from the fantastic ideas and great playing, I'm astounded at how he speaks lucidly and easily while plucking those wonderful ideas out of the air. He reminds me of Glenn Gould talking to Bruno Monsaingeon about Bach's forerunners while playing Sweelink on the piano. Amazing! But then again, everything about Ted strikes me as amazing.

@MrMacGaunaa 9 жыл бұрын

This just puts a huge smile on my face! Unbelievably good. I wonder why I have never heard about this Ted character before. Amazing. This really made my day.

@kashraoufi 5 жыл бұрын

That's because he passed away 14 years ago, RIP Ted....😢

@MrMacGaunaa 4 жыл бұрын

..And now I'm back again to marvel at this for maybe the 100th time. This stuff is so great!

@prisonmike1658 4 жыл бұрын

MrMacGaunaa whoa you came back after making this comment in 2015!

@MrMacGaunaa 4 жыл бұрын

@@prisonmike1658 I've been back many times! To me, this is one of the best videos on the internet :)

@prisonmike1658 4 жыл бұрын

MrMacGaunaa cool man I just got into Ted Greene a few days ago while looking for chord books and I stumbled upon Chord Chemistry and ordered myself a copy and I have been impressed by how talented this man is I really am not to technical with Scales or musical terms so I am amazed but confused as to what’s going on 😂

@tallbrun 11 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy Ted's playing and teaching. With him theory is never just numbers and intervals...

@geiadude 12 жыл бұрын

I love because Ted is so relaxed

@martinzarzarmusic5338 2 жыл бұрын

beautiful

@heavenlyguitar5913 4 жыл бұрын

If you look at his facial expressions his mind is working on a whole different level than even most advanced players and composers.

@jaconova 11 ай бұрын

But is not just an intellectual exercise: it's a soul journey, that's the core of baroque counterpoint improvisation. The faces are him enjoying these beautiful sounds progressing.

@heavenlyguitar5913 11 ай бұрын

@@jaconova agreed. He was truly a gifted artist. Not just the intellectual side but he had the soul.

@Thomas05091942 10 жыл бұрын

So nice!

@rhinoguitar 11 жыл бұрын

How can anyone talk and play that at the same time..... Multitasking at its finest! His Chord Chemistry Book is the only one of its kind I will ever need!

@motoputz3201 3 жыл бұрын

Mr. smooth delights again!

@Alanoffer 8 жыл бұрын

I would have given anything to have had some lessons from ted ,he was a very special player

@A10011 3 ай бұрын

A beautiful soul.

@SmeagolTheBeagle 7 жыл бұрын

You are truly amazing

@stephenrutledge2747 Жыл бұрын

Ted Greene was a genius.

@GordiansKnotHere 6 ай бұрын

Kind've reminds me of Bach's 2 or 3 part inventions or a deconstruct of the "Art of the Fugue". He got me on this. One of the coolest things I've seen and heard.

@fernandogoncalves1958 Жыл бұрын

Obrigado por mais essa pérola.

@BJrok 13 жыл бұрын

Gosh I never knew guitar could be so rich with harmonic possibilities let alone so beautiful. Never heard him before but this man is beyond somewhere...over the top... I better start digging this guy.

@seanneves1540 Жыл бұрын

I'm absolutely blown away by this man's genius. I'm very very late to the Ted Green party but so privileged to be here now.

@anitadavideduo 12 жыл бұрын

simply great!!!

@pneumatic00 9 жыл бұрын

I could kick myself for not taking lessons with Ted for the 20 or so years I lived in LA, 2-3 towns over from him in the Valley. Dumb.

@timbruer7318 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@basicsforbaroqueimprovisation 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful clip of Ted ! Many thanks to Steve Herberman for filming this and sharing it so generously. Best Wishes - John

@swevik9615 2 жыл бұрын

Just.....Thank you Ted. Bless.......

@jefferylord3068 6 жыл бұрын

whenever i watch someone of genius level, at anything, i’m struck by their intensity and how animated they are while doing what they love. listening to this man play is amazing, he achieved freedom totally on the fretboard!

@jamesksummers 4 жыл бұрын

greatest video in all of youtube

@youlino 6 жыл бұрын

An angel of the electric guitar...👼🏻🎸🎶

@leodionisiolima 7 ай бұрын

Totally, absolutely, magnificently MIND BLOWING 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 THATS PURE, DISTILLED ART, IN A BOTTLE 🍾❤❤❤❤

@gitarmats 7 ай бұрын

He was so brilliant.

@RayTutajjr 9 жыл бұрын

Maybe he was Bach reincarnated? Incredible stuff.

@deepspacetheater 3 жыл бұрын

Those who knew the Czech harpsichordist Zuzana Ruzakova have expressed the belief that she channeled Bach as she performed.

@jaconova 3 жыл бұрын

@@deepspacetheater But Ted is creating on the spot! That´s much closer to Bach true spirit.

@tcaw8813 3 жыл бұрын

@@jaconova I don't think this sentiment is correct. Yes bach did improvise, we all know the stories. But his best work was worked out and reworked

@jaconova 2 жыл бұрын

@@tcaw8813ll lol you don´t think the sentiment is correct? Get off your high horse: Ted clearly understood Bach and harmony in general and could have created endless pieces in baroque style. What I´m saying is that interpreters have their value (I love Gould for example), but a creator/explorator like Ted is something else. You must be one of those classical purist that are afraid/jealous that a (mainly) jazz player of this caliber was able to create Bach on the spot.

@Ayo.Ajisafe 2 жыл бұрын

Ted could do that with any style, and for players WITHIN styles. Look at his apartment, the guy lived and breathed music.

@jmaz1100 8 жыл бұрын

absolute genius

@flangeres1752 12 жыл бұрын

This is what guitar is really about ....appreciation, understanding, and respect & skill, knowledge, and creative expression.

@EnergyDiscoveries Жыл бұрын

Could this be some of the most beautiful music ever?

@wregerg1 11 жыл бұрын

this is essential to the growth of anyone that has a desire to learn and grow as well as the introduction to an interesting soul :)

@teunio501 3 жыл бұрын

When i'm watching and listening to Ted i get in a state of a light trance. He takes me to a place away from reality. I believe he had a great gift given from heaven where he is right now playing for the angels.

@jsims149 Жыл бұрын

Likewise my friend