Link to Ted Greene audio lessons

[Andy Volk]

I've put the steel away for a while to dig into jazz guitar again and try to move forward from the 25-year rut I'm in; trying to gain some insight into what exactly Ed Bickert and Ted Greene were doing.

The word is bandied around way too much but Greene was genuinely a genius. I followed a series of obscure web links from the Greene forum to find this gem: Mark Levy, a student of Ted's posted recordings digitized from his cassettes (and a few PDF files) made while studying with Ted in the 70s.

So many players have stated that studying with Ted was life changing. Here's a glimpse into what a personal lesson with Ted must have been like. Enjoy!

https://public.me.com/deparko

The lessons here apply to steel guitar as well as standard if one is inclined to listen. Note: it's a big archive …644 megabytes.

[Ron Whitfield]

I stumbled upon Ted's book around '75 and knew it was a work of art that would take way more dedication than I could muster. Maybe the most intense teachings and least mentioned/appreciated guitarist ever. His #1 Tele has every single bit of the fretboard well worn from constant playing, never seen one to quite match it. Is it possible to dload the bunch at once?

[Dave Mudgett]

Click the "down arrow" button. It causes that server to compress the files and eventually offers you a download button. Maybe it works better on a Mac, but on this Windoze machine, I had to open it in 7zip and move it after download - it wouldn't download correctly any other way for me.

Nice archive - thanks. Ted Greene was indeed a genius, and I also agree that term is overused. I have some other materials of his, but this is great. The last year or two, I've also gotten back into jazz guitar quite a bit. Some Van Eps material, those Jethro Burns tapes, and more. There is no end with jazz, strictly Chinese-box theory - open one up, there's always another waiting.

[Ron Whitfield]

I'll try it, Dave, thanx!

[Andy Volk]

There is no end with jazz, strictly Chinese-box theory - open one up, there's always another waiting.

You said a mouthful, Dave! So true. I can only absorb tiny Greene nuggets at a time. Even his one-page chord sheets often seem overwhelming. I've tried to just memorize small chord progressions enough to absorb them so I can remember them to use 'em on the fly. I successfully adapted his arrangement of Chim Chim Cheree to my style so that was a small victory.

[robert kramer]

Thanks for posting Ted Greene lessons - lots of tips, insight & inspiration in his teaching.

[Jerry Gleason]

Andy, thanks for making this link available. I'm looking forward to delving into this. I recently decided that I need to get back to more jazz guitar, which has always been my primary thing anyway. Just the other day, I was looking for my old copy of "Chord Chemistry" to review again. Couldn't find it, unfortunately. I wonder if it's available somewhere?

[Andy Volk]

I had car time enough this week to listen to just one 60 min lesson. First, it's amazing how it's 99% valuable info vs chit-chat and second, Ted's explanation of how to understand and feel the beat in many types of American music is simply awe-inspiring, jaw dropping and very useful info regardless of instrument. It's really pretty astounding that one guy assimilated the depth of knowledge he had.

Many classical theorists had and have a similar trove of deep, deep harmonic knowledge but do they also add an equally deep understanding of popular idioms and the guitar specifically? No way. Ted was absolutely unique.

[Rick Schmidt]

Thanks for posting that Andy! I was lucky to know Ted. He was a gentle soul who was truly gifted from God. Miss him!

I haven't waded through everything yet to see if there are repeats, but here's another link just in case:

http://www.tedgreene.com/