Ted Greene Applies Chords To “Wave” 12/27/99
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- Welcome back! Today, I am posting this Ted Greene video lesson on applying chords to another popular jazz standard, Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “Wave”. Video Credits: Cesar Pineda 12/27/99
It’s now May! My favorite time of year! Everything is in full bloom after the recent rains and the weather is always so perfect here this time of year. A bit of trivia: “Wave” was recorded in May of 1967. Composer Henry Mancini, a big fan of Antonio Carlos Jobim, said “My favorite song is, not only of his, but all songs, is “Wave”. That’s another one I couldn’t believe it when I heard … No, it shouldn’t work … it goes all over the place, but it goes all over the place so beautifully…” (Bossa Nova: Music & Reminiscences - 1993 documentary). Cesar loves bossa nova, particularly those tunes written by Antonio Carlos Jobim. It is no surprise that he would eventually bring one of Jobim’s hits to a lesson with Ted to explore the “juicy notes” within some very stretchy, pianistic chords.
Here’s a brief summary:
1. In the key of D, this lesson is begins with selecting chords for accompaniment behind a singer or solo instrument. It does not start with the typical vamp between Dm7 and G7 as in the original opens, but with the V chord leading into the head of the tune.
2. You will need to memorize the original chord progression names and numbers to know where you are deviating from and transpose to another key, like G flat, if need be.
3. At the bridge (7:29), Ted reharmonizes the first half, but doesn’t want to repeat that for the second half, when it moves down a whole step.
4. It’s time to stretch (17:45)! Ted promises with daily practice of some very stretchy chords, your hand will expand in a matter of two weeks, possibly even one week.
5. With every new chord, he has an old chord in his vision until he doesn’t need it anymore, kind of like “training wheels”!
6. Not so much Bill Evans’ tight voicings, but not Wes Montgomery’s chordal approach either. One is not better than the other, just different. With Wes’ had BIG hands, and if we could be so presumptuous that if he were still alive, we could teach him this, he would have fun with it.
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Sheets on chord accompaniment/ comping on “Wave” and chord stretching exercises can all be found at tedgreene.com/
what luck! Ted teaching one of my absolute favorite songs. this is going to take a while to unravel.
my dad’s favorite song to play on piano❤
Ted knows everything🤯
Thanks, Nick and Cesar, for sharing this treasure trove of Cesar's lessons!
Ted's chords are some of the most difficult, but certainly the best sounding. Maybe I'll get it in my next lifetime. Thanks for uploading! Genius.
Pure Gold.
Thanks for letting me see your lesson with Ted. I asked Howard Morgen how I could learn fingerstyle Jazz. He said,"The first thing I need to do was to study Ted Greene's Modern Chord Progressions to get
A national treasure guitar player - unknown by many
He tried out every note against each chord in the harmonic progressions no matter how they sounded, great improvising. many thanks for your upload
Excellent upload!
Can't get enough when it comes to Ted "Genius" Greene...
Thank you Nick!
Thank you very much for these priceless videos.
Thankyou Nick Stasinos! Strange the most genius dude's uploader has 166 subscribers! Are these the good ole days? Is this comment a liabilty of said i integrity? Intedrity
Thanks for uploading ,nick.
Thank you !
More, more, more !!!
thanks dude once more !!!
You are a legend for uploading.
Thank you.
The true genius of Ted is so apparent here. Even when Ted uses dissonance it's always musical and there's a proper resolution. A lot of young players today use dissonance and then resolve it to another dissonance to the point that you don't even know what the song is that they're playing and they think it's cool but all it becomes is a mathematical exercise.
Thank you for sharing. This is such rare insight into such a rare genius.
Genial.
Just amazing!
thanks for sharing this vedio
2 weeks!
I looked for Wave lesson but couldn’t find the video on Ted Greene site. Nonetheless superb work on all levels and levels I know not of. “Can you write it down for me?...best student request yet.
Hello Jack, The video is only found here, but there are sheets in PDF format are found on tedgreene.com/ at the top you will find "Lesson Downloads" and can navigate from there. Enjoy!
Sorry about not finishing the reply below.
I'll continue..to get my hands used to the chords and progressions,as well as the right hand classical approach, which was new to me.It exposes almost all chord changes a Guitarist would come across.. The beginning is getting used to Ted's use of a few symbols for voice leading. I was serious about this style of playing and viewed studying this book like a religious experience. To me it's the original bible for fingerstyle guitar. "Modern Chord Progressions" may still be available, but I'm not sure.
I wish I could have learned under him.
If you haven't already, you can visit www.tedgreene.com/, I know it's not the same thing but there is a lot of good stuff and the site appears to get updated monthly.
my hands are killing me... :)
Is there any access to Ted’s old website?
Technical problems! I am looking into it.
This is great! Do you have or can point to any grids with the chords e.g. around 6:20? Lot of good stuff to mine from this session.
You can see where he is on the neck and hear him, but you can’t figure it out? Tabbing our licks solos and songs is great ear training. You have the benefit of actually seeing where he’s playing. Do yourself a favor and do the work yourself
Ted wasn't a Bossa Nova fan, he preferred classical and bebop jazz. I think this comes across.
On the contrary: ruclips.net/video/x-1R9ZNVsNM/видео.html
i think he is tuned down ..but so hard to get the chords hes like david blane.anybody who could chart this i would pay ha ha
Andre Segovia had short, fat, pudgy, sausage fingers, and yet, could make these kind of stretches with correct hand positioning.
I had a Segovia book once with a red dust jacket...there was a photo of Andre's wife stretching SEVEN frets from full bar on "F".. Love how Ted digs Wes so much...he is still our No. 1...
Andrés...
Put respeck on his name.
😂
I’m typing with my thumb; I think the communication was complete enough.
@@ronaskew It's all good. Just breaking balls.