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Ted's Notation

jbrewerguitar — Thur, 02 Feb 2012 17:17:03 GMT

Hello there! I've just joined this forum, been a fan of Ted's for a few years now. Just wondering if anyone could help me with Ted's chord diagrams? I'm a bit stuck on what the empty circles mean and all that.

Also, it would be great if there were any videos/recordings of Ted or anyone else playing his arrangements in the 'Tunes' section of the website.

Really looking forward to discovering as much Ted Greene material as possible in here, there's several lifetimes of work amongst all this...

Jimmy

Forum: General Topics

My Life with The Chord Chemist

dsindel — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:32:41 GMT

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Forum: General Topics

February 2012 Newsletter

PaulVachon — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:11:08 GMT

The latest newsletter (Feb. 2012) is now up with all the new material from Ted's teaching archives.
http://www.tedgreene.com/news/default.asp
There should be something of interest for everyone.
We posted a lot of stuff, and we're thankful to our "humble webmaster" for getting it all put in the right places!
Hope you enjoy these musical offerings to enrich your playing and understanding.
Let us know if you like.....

Forum: Newsletters & Updates

Have you guys seen this?

DaveAnno — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:06:17 GMT

http://www.tedgreenebookeditions.com/index.html

I stumbled across this site the other day. Interesting info on the books, and quite a lot of cool photos too.

Forum: General Topics

What Are You Working On Now?

PaulVachon — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:22:11 GMT

What Are You Working On Now?
What's on your music stand? What music are you playing these days?
Anything from the TedGreene.com lessons archives keeping you fresh?
What are you currently digging into with your fingers and frets?
Give a shout....we'd love to hear from you.

Forum: General Topics

Links to other ChordMelody/Solo Performances

LeonWhite — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:15:53 GMT

If nobody objects, I'd like to encourage everyone to drop links here of chord melody playing they find on youtube or elsewhere. Ted's breadth of knowledge about players was, like many other subjects, encyclopedic.

Perhaps we can continue that knowledge base and grow it a little for ourselves.
My concern would be information overload, and "link-itis," but perhaps someone has some suggestions to minimize that. i.e. using 'channel' names re: youtube or whatever. Performances of songs we also have from Ted, for example, would be interesting to compare and so on.

Thoughts?

Leon

Forum: Celebrating Solo Guitar

January 2012 Newsletter

PaulVachon — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:43:43 GMT

Hi All,
The January 2012 Newsletter is now up.
Wishing you all a successful and musically invigorating new year.
We've posted a ton of new material this month, so you can kick-start 2012 with some music and thoughts from Ted.
Enjoy!

Forum: Newsletters & Updates

chord grid fret number placement

TLerch — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:49:39 GMT

Hi everyone,
I have a poll of sorts. I'd appreciate hearing from you about the placement of the fret number and how it facilitates learning and playing Ted's pages.
As some may know in the early years Ted always put the fret number at the left of the grid directly adjacent to the dot closest to the nut (often the first finger note) Later on he started letting the fret number float a bit and placed it adjacent to the root of the chord (whether it was in the voicing or not).
Personally, since I was very used to the earlier way, I find the later version a bit more difficult to see. I know Ted really believed the later method to be much better because it encouraged seeing the root in relationship to the shape.
Please understand this is not a referendum on Ted's preferred method I am just interested in hearing from you about what is most helpful when reading the grid pages. Is one or the other method easier to see? does it matter to you? have you adopted either method exclusively when writing material for your students? etc
Thanks in advance for your input
all the best
Tim Lerch

Forum: General Topics

first noel

klasaine — Thur, 22 Dec 2011 07:02:47 GMT

Happy holidays all.

I did a version of Ted's "the First Noel". I added an intro and outro and changed a voicing or two. Thanks Paul and of course thank you Ted.
http://soundcloud.com/klasaine/the-first-noel

Forum: Chord Melody

Happy Holidays

PaulVachon — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:33:01 GMT

Just wanted to wish all who visit this site a wonderful holidays filled with joy, peace, love and beautiful music.
Too bad Ted never recorded a "Christmas" album, for it would have been sublime!
A very merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah to you and yours.

Forum: General Topics

Lessons - Fundamentals page typo

Rivendell — Thur, 08 Dec 2011 14:57:18 GMT

Just a heads up on a possible typo.

I noticed a repeat entry for "Fingerboard Layout Song Fragments".

I suspect it has overwritten a previously available "Learning the notes of the fingerboard - page 2. (LearningTheNotesFingerboard.pdf)", which is now missing.

I actually saved the page 2 in my hard disk under Fundamentals, somehow the page 1 is actually new for me...

Forum: General Topics

Trying to find the "Rhythm Changes" sheet

GregB — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:27:56 GMT

I'm trying to find the "Rhythm Changes" sheet that Ted referenced in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3yI-3g4uRU

That's the California Vintage Guitar seminar part 2.

There's a sheet which has 3 variations of the III7 VI7 II7 V7 section of the changes. I have a copy at home but I can't find the original sheet on the web site.

Does anyone know where it is? It may have been attached to a forum post somewhere.

Forum: General Topics

Ted's Blues in E Video

TLerch — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:02:12 GMT

Here is a link to a video demonstrating the recently released Blues in E sheets that Paul V put together for the December Newsletter.
hope it's helpful
enjoy
Tim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_peZVa-3AU

Forum: From Ted's Students

DECEMBER NEWSLETTER

dsindel — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:06:06 GMT

Friends, the Dec updates are ready for you. As always lots of amazing lesson sheets. Check this months NEWSLETTER for all the details. ~Dan

http://www.tedgreene.com/

Forum: Newsletters & Updates

I MISS BARBARA

dsindel — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:57:42 GMT

I guess I have really nowhere else to publicly say (where it would mean so much to so many good people) how much I miss Barbara. Still at a loss for words.....
She had the kindest heart of almost anyone I ever met in this life!
Dan

Forum: General Topics

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Ted's Notation

My Life with The Chord Chemist

If you have not read Barbara's book "My Life with The Chord Chemist" perhaps consider picking up a copy via amazon.com.Shipping is FREE and all sales help keep the TedGreene.com up and running! ~Danhttp://amzn.com/1449575579

Barbara poured her entire heart and soul into this fantastic book packed with rare and intimate photos of Ted.

February 2012 Newsletter

Have you guys seen this?

What Are You Working On Now?

Links to other ChordMelody/Solo Performances

January 2012 Newsletter

chord grid fret number placement

first noel

Happy Holidays

Lessons - Fundamentals page typo

Trying to find the "Rhythm Changes" sheet

Ted's Blues in E Video

DECEMBER NEWSLETTER

http://www.tedgreene.com/

I MISS BARBARA

If you have not read Barbara's book "My Life with The Chord Chemist" perhaps consider picking up a copy via amazon.com.
Shipping is FREE and all sales help keep the TedGreene.com up and running! ~Dan
http://amzn.com/1449575579