Ted Greene - Noodling (TedGreene.com)

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  • @davidhealy7743
    @davidhealy7743 6 днів тому +1

    When I first heard Ted Greene I think 40 years ago , he was a purely great musical guitarist that did things with Harmonics that I’d only imagined. . I wish he was still here with us. One not to be forgotten. Thanks UA-cam and all those who remind us .

  • @JimmyDeLocke
    @JimmyDeLocke 14 років тому +61

    The true mark of genius is when a man can sit down and IMPROVISE a piece of music that would make a serious composer shit his pants, and preface it by saying, "We're just gonna fool around . . ." RIP Ted -- you were the greatest.

  • @dragyourhalo
    @dragyourhalo 12 років тому +55

    hands down the greatest guitar player of all time and it's not close

    • @larryurbon9550
      @larryurbon9550 5 років тому +2

      YES.

    • @leothecuisinart
      @leothecuisinart 3 роки тому +3

      @@vanguard4065 tommy is more athletic in his playing, but ted is more delicate and sophisticated. apples to oranges

    • @overtonesnteatime198
      @overtonesnteatime198 3 роки тому +7

      @@vanguard4065 no tommy is not at this level sorry, he might play the cords and harmonies he knows well but he knows not even close to the amount of knowledge and theoretical wisdom that Ted Greene had. Not even close.

    • @overtonesnteatime198
      @overtonesnteatime198 3 роки тому +4

      @@vanguard4065 also do you realize this is improvised??

    • @RyanMcQuen
      @RyanMcQuen 2 роки тому +1

      Joe Pass though.

  • @twangbarfly
    @twangbarfly 14 років тому +21

    "I don't know what I'm gonna play. We're just gonna fool around, go into something"... that has to be the most MASSIVE understatement in any music video here on UA-cam!!!

    • @beachcomber4141
      @beachcomber4141 7 років тому +1

      Well said twangbarfly. I have been trying to come up with something that expresses how amazing this is, and just can't find the words. Nicely said.

    • @___xyz___
      @___xyz___ 6 років тому +1

      Allan Holdsworth has some moments of pretty astronomical understatements during his live concerts which are found here on UA-cam. But yeah, it's definitely one of them.

    • @maxcuthbert100
      @maxcuthbert100 6 років тому +2

      Nobody can 'fool around' like Ted Greene did......

  • @larryurbon9550
    @larryurbon9550 5 років тому +14

    Noodling? Astonishing. This collection from this 1993 event is the high water mark in the history of chord-melody guitar playing.

  • @TravisTheTreeGuy
    @TravisTheTreeGuy Рік тому +4

    I played this at a birthday party a couple days ago and sadly not all can appreciate this type of freestyle.
    A lady walked up to me during the first set and asked if i could do some folk music. I guess to some people strummy strum open chords is the ticket.
    This demonstration shows how all chords fit together and how they all connect harmonically in one direction and voicings in another to make one big key.
    Ted understood that music theory creates an algorithm for each instrument, and saw the one for guitar very well.

    • @TravisTheTreeGuy
      @TravisTheTreeGuy Місяць тому

      @emilbathish9921 naw bud , on the Guitar

    • @TravisTheTreeGuy
      @TravisTheTreeGuy Місяць тому

      @@emilbathish9921 ua-cam.com/users/shortsaXf9ifgjvnQ?si=TREgJ-wMphuX0wuG

    • @TravisTheTreeGuy
      @TravisTheTreeGuy Місяць тому

      @emilbathish9921 ua-cam.com/users/shortsaXf9ifgjvnQ?si=TREgJ-wMphuX0wuG

    • @TravisTheTreeGuy
      @TravisTheTreeGuy Місяць тому

      @emilbathish9921 I'm honored.
      But I don't transcribe what people play. I mostly play freestyle, aside from a few pieces I've written.
      I prefer to make it up as I go along, like the video I shared with you. That's off top.

    • @TravisTheTreeGuy
      @TravisTheTreeGuy Місяць тому

      Take a look at one chord for awhile. Then compare to another chord. The answer is right there.
      The scale degrees tell you what is happening, you can learn theory yourself quickly.
      Just study it.
      Good luck.

  • @cjones5629
    @cjones5629 8 років тому +43

    Ted and Danny Gatton convinced me all I need is a good ole' tele and a tube amp. Been listening to this and E Rigby everyday for over a year now, my Ted Greene phase has yet to pass. This music, his tone, brings peace to my soul, good music moves you, great music heals you. So thankful I can wake up on restless days and have a little cup o' Ted Greene with my Joe. Check out his website if you havn't already.

    • @beachcomber4141
      @beachcomber4141 7 років тому

      You got that right!! Has a tele ever sounded better?!?! Danny might have something to say about it, but I do not think Danny had the chordal expertise to argue with this guy. Amazing.

    • @chrisbatson3402
      @chrisbatson3402 5 років тому

      Hi tone is very country.

    • @twangbarfly
      @twangbarfly 5 років тому +1

      @@beachcomber4141 Ted was a big admirer of Danny Gatton - don't know what Danny thought about Ted, but I would be amazed if he wasn't an outright fan.

  • @rafasounds2010
    @rafasounds2010 10 років тому +18

    This is the best music Ive heard

  • @axeman2638
    @axeman2638 8 років тому +22

    To be able to play a piece like that is an achievement, but to improvise something like that so fluently is simply staggering.

    • @Fishies125
      @Fishies125 8 років тому +1

      Exactly.

    • @axeman2638
      @axeman2638 8 років тому +2

      Jonathan Russell Music Oh and the sound.
      Have you ever heard a Tele sound sweeter?

    • @Fishies125
      @Fishies125 8 років тому +2

      His touch is unbelievable. And that beautiful amp lol.

    • @objectivitycave11
      @objectivitycave11 4 роки тому

      i'm fairly certain that is all he did with his life.. let's be serious

    • @justanothernguyen2334
      @justanothernguyen2334 2 роки тому

      @@objectivitycave11 better to be a musical genius than a wage cuck

  • @___xyz___
    @___xyz___ 6 років тому +9

    It's all patterns which he is skilfully interweaving. The patterns themselves aren't particularly difficult. They're usually a combination of the muscle memory of the change in hand positions, the knowledge of shapes of scales on the fretboard and "inner ear" musical intentions. The latter is based almost entirely on feeling, and cannot be taught as much as it can be practiced and conditioned through exposure.
    The basic formula for achieving this level of improvisational guitar playing for a beginner is:
    1. Listen a lot to the music you love, but actively challenge your musical tastes.
    2. Play the guitar with an open mind.
    As you play, poorly or well, through the psychological effects of musical illusions, you will start to hear the chords and melodies which you subconsciously _want_ to hear: the music which you love. Patterns will start to emerge in your guitar playing as well.
    3. Practice the musical patterns, whatever they may be.
    4. Teach yourself new songs and experience that your playing will be influenced by what in jazz is sometimes called "musical digressions", where phrases emerge from your memory and take the song over.
    5. Learn music theory and unfold the things underlying your patterns.
    The order is largely irrelevant. Each step should at least be tried to some degree, and it feels natural to start with listening and go from there, rinse and repeat. Anyone can become a technically skilled player through practice. But commanding music through improvisation, without over time becoming attached to a single style, takes continuously opening your mind for new ideas and emotions. I don't think everyone has the propensity to achieve that, hence why only a small portion of musicians know how to improvise properly, despite it being the closest thing we have to a language of music.

  • @WillKriski
    @WillKriski 14 років тому +10

    I've mostly been a lead player over the years but I am obsessed with chord melody and baroque improv thanks to Ted.

  • @fred8097
    @fred8097 4 роки тому +4

    7:24 that deeply jazzy chord thrown in right at the end of a baroque excursion. Pure Ted.

  • @thebytegrill
    @thebytegrill 15 років тому +4

    RIP.
    Ted Greene is thee authority on musical harmony.

  • @Belhade
    @Belhade 11 років тому +9

    What a unique, beautiful, haunting sound.

  • @dananthony6258
    @dananthony6258 2 роки тому +2

    Whoever this is that uploaded this , thank you. It would be a crime to not share it with the world .

  • @KhalDrogo76
    @KhalDrogo76 6 років тому +4

    Legend of the instrument, his voicings are magic and his technique never gets in the way of his melody....what most players don't get, the guitar should sing

  • @18echosf
    @18echosf 4 роки тому +5

    There really are no words that can capture the essence of Ted’s skills and his true love of music and the guitar. I have tears almost every time I listen to him.

  • @fnord23
    @fnord23 15 років тому +5

    Ted, thanks again.
    Even though you left here- you still continue to inspire us all!!!

  • @JoshMustin
    @JoshMustin 9 років тому +5

    That was one of the greatest improvs Ive ever seen. What a legend

  • @lindseyblair
    @lindseyblair 15 років тому +12

    WOW! It's like watching Bach improvise if he were alive now and played the electric guitar. Ted is even better when he is not tied down to playing a standard tune.

  • @stuartmathis
    @stuartmathis 15 років тому +4

    I got to take one lesson from Ted about 15 years ago and it was like going to hang with the master guru of the guitar!!. so good that people can hear him on youtube what a beautiful soul and inspiration he was and is!!!!!

  • @4will3
    @4will3 7 років тому +9

    1:47 to 1:57 probably the most beautiful melody ive ever heard

  • @evansgate
    @evansgate 5 років тому +5

    I seriously think he was the best to ever live

  • @goldietoon
    @goldietoon 12 років тому +4

    He could die in peace, having made this beautiful achievements. rest in peace friend

  • @twangbarfly
    @twangbarfly 14 років тому +2

    Some of the most magical guitar playing I have heard in my life (which, looking back, has been spent largely listening to magical guitar playing!)

  • @scottcrowley3509
    @scottcrowley3509 3 роки тому +2

    And on a Telly! Can't say I've heard anything like this. Love the subtlety of tones, voicing and musicianship. And it's live?!

  • @xdenju456
    @xdenju456 14 років тому +4

    seriously, i have no idea what jackass would rated this down! im a strict metal head and even i can recognize TRUE talent when i hear it. absolutly beautiful ted!
    Riposa In Pace, Fratello

  • @jasonmudgarde286
    @jasonmudgarde286 Рік тому

    Was Ted perhaps happiest noodling with his wonderful examples of classical counterpoint melodies? Just wonderful, thanks

  • @alanklem4304
    @alanklem4304 9 років тому +2

    Beautiful..I'm so thankful you uploaded this Ted Greene is one of my absolute favorites..RIP

  • @Marc329
    @Marc329 15 років тому +1

    Phenomenal. A masters' master class.

  • @wadejones3644
    @wadejones3644 6 років тому +3

    Unbelievable chord genius !!!!!! Woulda love to of set down with him for an hour !

  • @DanielHeikalo
    @DanielHeikalo 14 років тому +1

    Sheer brilliance!!! And so beautiful...

  • @maxxkarma
    @maxxkarma 2 роки тому +1

    It is between Ted and Allan. Love them both equally

  • @beachcomber4141
    @beachcomber4141 7 років тому

    The beauty of this is that it is not perfect, and yet it hits such heights. He could obviously play a perfect song, but he is coming up with this on the spot. Wow.

  • @zu0832
    @zu0832 16 років тому +1

    Thank you Mr. 8 string for posting this...it's really beautiful

  • @RonaldCid
    @RonaldCid  16 років тому

    Mon cher ami Jeff
    I couldn't have said it any better! Pure brilliance!
    RC

  • @nniff
    @nniff 13 років тому

    Truly inspirational. An amazing human. Yes, Long Live Ted!

  • @nonsolumsedetiam
    @nonsolumsedetiam 12 років тому +2

    That's right. If you listen to when he tunes up (twice), he is tuned to DGCGCD and his shapes make sense in that tuning. He pedals a lot on the G or the C. The early chord shapes are the hardest to play! Magical stuff.

    • @jarrilaurila
      @jarrilaurila Місяць тому

      Nope. Just standard tuning whole step down.

  • @Modes9
    @Modes9 16 років тому +17

    It sounds like Julian Bream, Mick Goodrick, Pat Metheny, and Lenny Breau in one body. I'm a little depressed but very inspired!

  • @bartlebob
    @bartlebob 16 років тому

    C'est magnifique ! Merci pour les vids. Ted forever !

  • @spb7883
    @spb7883 8 років тому +2

    at various points he uses voice leading heard in the Solo album: 0:44 sounds like the key change in "Ol Man River," and 1:04 sounds like the ascending voices heard toward the end of "Send in the Clowns". I make this point not to suggest that Greene repeated himself; rather, this shows that he could improvise like this BECAUSE he knew changes so well, because he worked a lot of this stuff out and knew so much about harmony, voice leading, resolution...
    he got very little credit from the jazz press and historians during his life. from what i understand, some of it was his fault: he didn't exactly promote himself in the same way other major players did. i don't think it had anything to do with him teaching, because mick goodrick was a huge name in the 70s, and he stuck primarily to teaching from the 80s on. but mick - who is the same generation as greene (mick b. '45, greene b. '46) - also played with a high profile band in the 70s (gary burton). by contrast, greene never really played in high profile bands. being based on the west coast didn't help, either...

  • @germzneverdie
    @germzneverdie 16 років тому +2

    this is cool cuz it kind of gives you a little insight into the mind of ted since this is all improvised.

  • @twangbarfly
    @twangbarfly 14 років тому +1

    @freak49 I have that book too and know exactly what you mean - it's overwhelming. But this clip shows you the genius that infused that book, and that it was not a mere academic exercise. You / we have to persevere with the book in small sections. It is FULL of absolute gems that you will not see anywhere else save perhaps in other books by Ted! Peace!

  • @claymationwaves
    @claymationwaves 5 років тому

    Ted Greene makes this music cool which may be his biggest accomplishment

  • @johannlowell
    @johannlowell 15 років тому +1

    oh my! he is one of the reason why we are grateful and enjoying music,,,wow really genius,,you deserve respect

  • @excelmusic
    @excelmusic 14 років тому

    music has the power to say what is unsaid
    and i understand ur laguage
    i love it \m/

  • @viniguitarjazz
    @viniguitarjazz 16 років тому

    Ted ! is fantastic

  • @twangbarfly
    @twangbarfly 14 років тому +1

    @lindseyblair You are SO right! My own thoughts exactly - so many beautiful Bach-like moments in here. Sheer genius.

  • @jasoncasper16
    @jasoncasper16 15 років тому

    Wow... amazing

  • @freak49
    @freak49 14 років тому +6

    this is cool stuff - there are no 16th notes in this piece (unless I missed something) ...so much for the speed sweeping/arpeggio thrashing crowd
    I have Ted Greene's Chord Chemistry book and I hardly understand a lick of it

  • @amelanso
    @amelanso 15 років тому

    @alexmoxon - math relates to music because chords/harmony follow patterns and structures that conceptually resemble mathematics - if you have ever looked at harmonic theory book you will see the correlation. if you can intrinsiquely understnad/hear things then great. Not saying doing math will help music but there is a definite correlation between the structure of music and math...

  • @Khayyam-vg9fw
    @Khayyam-vg9fw 8 років тому +7

    Ted Greene is often compared to Bill Evans. Here, he's closer to the world of freely-improvising, solo piano Keith Jarrett.

  • @frankrichards1920
    @frankrichards1920 Місяць тому

    genius , over the top

  • @loren1283
    @loren1283 15 років тому

    WOW....magic!

  • @renakmans3521
    @renakmans3521 3 роки тому

    He and Bill Frisell are the Magic Men!

  • @JimmyDeLocke
    @JimmyDeLocke 14 років тому +3

    @tyrannicoystercult I agree -- "Genius," from the same root as "genesis" simply means "one who creates." It can be learned. (The first 20 years are the hardest) When I commented I was thinking of a Django story.
    Django was in New York, playing at a party at a Park Avenue apartment and Andres Segovia was there, listening. When Django finished one particular piece, Segovia inquired, "Where can I purchase the music for that?" to which Django replied, smugly, "You cannot. I just made it up!"

    • @gaggle57
      @gaggle57 5 років тому +1

      Cute story... but it's apocryphal.

  • @LarxeneSP
    @LarxeneSP 15 років тому

    what does accountting have to do wiht music? im a business major taking accounting now is that gonna help me get better at guitar?

  • @claymationwaves
    @claymationwaves 7 років тому +1

    this makes my sinuses feel better lol

  • @rkullberg
    @rkullberg 16 років тому +2

    I know that Ted studied accounting for a bit and he taught music at colleges, but did he take any music classes himself or did he mostly self-teach?

    • @stpisls
      @stpisls 4 роки тому

      Dunno but he said he had a lesson from Joe Pass once.

  • @rkullberg
    @rkullberg 15 років тому

    I was reading Ted Greene's biography and it mentioned that he studied accounting in college but did not mention if he studied music. So I'm just wondering if he is musically self-taught or if he took a music class in college. So, sure, accounting has nothing to do with it, it's just a question specification.

  • @justanothernguyen2334
    @justanothernguyen2334 2 роки тому

    4:07-4:12 this part is so good

  • @ambientdreamwaves
    @ambientdreamwaves Рік тому

    Transcribing this right now. Sounds like the guitar is tuned down a whole step not a half step? Unless the tape is affecting the pitch too?

  • @Maysha6bona
    @Maysha6bona 3 роки тому +1

    2:17 to 2:29 so “sus” that sounds like a 90’s tv series opening

  • @Loki5147
    @Loki5147 15 років тому

    Thanks. I tought it was Deluxe Reverb

  • @ziemass
    @ziemass 16 років тому +2

    the coolset thing about that technique is that you don't really need a band

  • @lindseyblair
    @lindseyblair 13 років тому +1

    he is tuned down a whole step, or close to it

  • @mentoneman
    @mentoneman Рік тому

    imagine him using a rig with eric johnson tc chorus clean tone and a teeny origin pedal compressor playing this song…

  • @jhlville
    @jhlville 16 років тому +3

    He really had a nice touch above the twelve..

  • @tractorKing
    @tractorKing 16 років тому +1

    Respect and admiration for you Ted. Wonderful player.
    Your book is starting to confuse me :P

  • @Loki5147
    @Loki5147 15 років тому

    I thought so

  • @nick5269
    @nick5269 15 років тому

    after 7:30 is my favorite

  • @alexmoxon
    @alexmoxon 15 років тому

    How do you think math plays into becoming a better musician?
    That's a question coming from genuine curiosity. I'm always looking for different perspectives on how to practice.

  • @guitawrizt
    @guitawrizt 6 років тому

    All over it . . . Classical to Ambient.

  • @ChrisBuonoGuitar
    @ChrisBuonoGuitar 5 років тому

    Damn.

  • @headbangerboy123
    @headbangerboy123 2 роки тому

    Was this in standard tuning?

  • @sayanorasonic
    @sayanorasonic 2 роки тому

    So is this considered jazz baroque?

  • @jaedii7287
    @jaedii7287 8 місяців тому

    2:14

  • @bluenotesoul
    @bluenotesoul 3 роки тому +1

    Ted’s tele sound is incomplete without a fender silverface amp

  • @diegofunes5190
    @diegofunes5190 9 років тому +11

    Sounds like a piano.

    • @javiceres
      @javiceres 9 років тому +2

      Eso es lo que me encanta de los amplis Fender clásicos y similares

    • @maxwellc13
      @maxwellc13 8 років тому +2

      Sounds like a GOOD piano!

    • @chrisbatson3402
      @chrisbatson3402 5 років тому +1

      He is playing it like a piano his whole approach you are right. Ted is not playing the guitar as a guitar.

  • @dragyourhalo
    @dragyourhalo 12 років тому

    genius

  • @alexmoxon
    @alexmoxon 15 років тому

    Hmm... I thought you might be talking about using math as a time management tool for the practice of an instrument. I'm not so sure about math as applies to theory.
    Unless you're talking about post tonal stuff (ie, Schoenberg and the serialists) I don't think you can really make a direct comparison. In terms of composition, musical part writing is otherwise completely distinct from math.
    You can definitely distil music to its mathematical elements, that can also be said of anything else.

  • @Loki5147
    @Loki5147 15 років тому

    What amp is he playing?

  • @dragyourhalo
    @dragyourhalo 11 років тому

    bow down

  • @Buddhastic
    @Buddhastic 13 років тому

    Is this the Starcraft music?

  • @lidesnowi
    @lidesnowi 15 років тому

    Fender twin

  • @veeshead
    @veeshead 15 років тому

    it is a Deluxe maybe even a Princeton.

  • @joelanttila7927
    @joelanttila7927 3 роки тому

    2:15 sounds like Allan Holdsworth a little bit

  • @MrTwisterband
    @MrTwisterband 14 років тому

    Deadly good-God rest Ted:

  • @jplent
    @jplent 14 років тому +1

    unpretentious...

  • @leothecuisinart
    @leothecuisinart 3 роки тому +1

    genius