Here's a link to a little Ted Greene lesson material that's been collected by former students, players, and friends. There's not too much but what's there is absolute gold!

http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/mb/lwhite1000

Enjoy, and MERRY CHRISTMAS!! - KL

WOW, THANKS!

It's going to take me a year, just to read through it.

So Cool too see someone remember Ted,this guy smoked....wish there was more available.




Thats funny I just mentioned his book on another thread,must have subcontiously caught his name with my eye.

I keep intending to get Chord Chemistry.

How does it compare to Steve Khan's "Chord Khancepts"?

Don't know about comparisons,just that it always inspires me with something new and interesting.
Hard to beat for $20 bucks......surprised its not going for 50 with the reputation Ted Greene carried.

I just want to keep this "bumped". Also, there's a "home" site thats getting up and working. http://www.tedgreene.com/

Click around at the index. There's some more lessons and things.

I'll bump this... since his book is currently being discussed in the 'more popular' part of the forum.

I went and check the webpage Klasaine... I'll check more into the stuff on there when bored during my class at school! I'll learn more than what is being teached in class !

They have internet in classes nowadays in college wich is cool when you're bored and waiting on the rest of the class to finish what took you 5minutes. I'm taking a 2d & 3d drawing course as a waty to add something more than music to my resume...

I printed out the Melodic Chord Groupings.

Could someone explain this a little to me?

Hey Mendzel.

Where exactly is it in the TG forum? Are you referring to the 'voice systems' (or systematic inversions) - the stuff that's labeled V-1, V-2, etc?

http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/lwhite1000/vpost?id=1656532

If that doesn't work, it was under Chord Melody/Chords For Chord Melody Playing. Ricky Katz was the author. About halfway down are 2 pictures that are chord diagrams.

I haven't been able to find any good teachers where I live (I've had 2 lessons since the very first day I picked up the guitar) and since I figured out I love all of my gear, I decided to learn some about playing. Plus I've been trying to play a bunch of Mraz tunes that use non-standard chords and I like it!

The 1st page are all F#m7 or F#m9 chords with the root as the lowest note in the bass. The top, and sometimes interior notes (open circles) are changing to support different melody note choices you might run into when making a chord melody arrangement of a tune.

The 2nd page are all D major 'type' chords (6's, add9's, maj7th, etc).
Again with the root in the bass.
All the voicings between the "squiggly" lines (a classic TG thing) have the SAME TOP NOTE. The reason for this is ... say you have a D chord but you've got B in the melody, he gives you several versions/voicings of some type of D with B as the top note.

All the sheets that were uploaded to that site were individual, student specific lessons. A lot of, actually most of the info posted there assumes that you have some knowledge of Ted's method. If you don't already own a copy of chord chemistry or modern chord progressions it would probably do you well pick one or both of them up.

I hope that helped clarify a little bit. - KL

I have to get a copy of that book. It makes a little bit of sense; I understand the structure of the chords and what's going on in the drawings, I guess it's the context that I'm missing.

More along the lines of how to use these chords, rather than what they are. I have never really tried to use chords beyond maybe changing from major to 7 in a jam to give it some dynamic. Usually my right hand is the dynamic source. I want to learn though!

As stated at the top of the TG chord pages - those examples are "melody chords" - chords voiced with different notes on top in order to facilitate the various melody notes one might encounter when working out a set of voicings for a "chord melody". Or, a better top note to voice "behind" or not get in the way of a melody.

But there's no reason you use them to replace other chord shapes you already know.
The root is in the bass on those sheets. Move them up or down for other keys. Each one of those little boxes represents 12 chords. some will be more difficult in certain keys and/or positions on the fingerboard, but theoretically playable.

Pick two voicings that you like and work them into your own jams. that's what TG would tell you to do.

I want to 'bump' this as there's a lot new stuff - jpg's and pdf's of music as well as a couple new vids posted.
Look in lessons, News, and forum sections ... www.tedgreene.com

Thanks for the refresh notice ! I'll look it up for sure!

More stuff up, especially in the "forum" pages. Harmony and theory section. Cool 6/9 voicings.
"Body and Soul" comping arr's in the "general" info section.

Lots, lots, lots.
Dig in.
It's free and you won't find shit this good anywhere else because the guy is gone - RIP - and this is it. Take advantage.