Ted Greene · Seminar/Clinic (FULL) at the Musicians Institute
Channel: Play Like The Greats . com
Date: 2022-10-09

This seminar/clinic was held at the Musicians Institute (today named: MI College of Contemporary Music), Hollywood, on the 6th of June, 1993.

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CHAPTERS: 
00:00:00 VHS-tape nostalgia
00:00:17 Introduction 
00:02:43 “What it means to be in a key” 
00:13:10 The cultural acceptance of new harmonic intervals 
00:20:15 “Bach-type harmony” + _A Whiter Shade of Pale_ (Procol Harum, 1967)
00:28:09 From Bach to Jazz + _Autumn Leaves_ (Joseph Kosma, 1948)
00:35:09 Harmonic “eras” 
00:40:41 Four Gypsy-Jazz scales 
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00:50:32 _Send in the Clowns_ (Stephen Sondheim, 1973) 
00:57:43 Why T.G. tunes down his guitars, part 1
01:00:06 _God Bless the Child_ (Billie Holiday & Arthur Herzog Jr., 1939)
01:04:23 Why T.G. tunes down his guitars, part 2
01:06:08 _Improvisation_
01:15:25 Q&A 1: “Which songs or musicians do you listen to?”
01:17:16 Q&A 2: On what instruments T.G. plays, besides guitar
01:18:43 Q&A 3: On T.G. playing guitar right-handedly when being left-handed
01:19:56 Q&A 4: On using the higher artificial harmonics, the 17th degree, and “crazy” out chords
01:25:16 Music theory: “It's just an alphabet!” 
01:28:09 Q&A 5: On how to pick the artificial harmonics / “chimes” for close harmony
01:34:07 Q&A 6: “I wanted to ask you to play a song: Do you know _Naima_ by John Coltrane?” 
01:35:55 _Like Someone in Love_ (Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke, 1944)
01:41:35 _Improvisation_ + _Eleanor Rigby_ (The Beatles, 1966) 
01:48:05 Q&A 7: “Can you talk a bit about counterpoint? ...”
02:04:30 Q&A 8: “Ted, do you find any chords you don't like?” + “Studying systems of voicings”
02:07:57 Goodnight

* I do not own this material. I re-upload this to mold it for the purpose of free music education. 

This clip already has a bit of history here on YouTube: 
– In 2008, @clubsandwedge was the first man on the scene and uploaded the first hour of the seminar. These were the early days of YouTube when the video length was limited to 10 minutes, so this was uploaded in 6 parts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgTnwxvIW9g 
– In 2011, @GetBackToNowhere re-assembled the parts, now that the limit had been lifted, and uploaded the first hour under the title “Ted Greene Clinic”. This is still the video with by far the most views: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZAwxpco0DE 
– In 2020, @astravert recovered the complete two-hour video tape, and the seminar finally surfaced in its glorious entirety (except for the first 17 seconds of noodling). Unfortunately, the audio and video were out of sync from the old VHS-tape, which made particularly the second hour painful to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLPeB5GyMpI 
– In 2021, @gurayozcana improved the sound quality and painstakingly rescued the synchronization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmIFCepJ6rs 
– This present video is the complete and synchronized version, with the volume re-adjusted, the colors adjusted, and the first 17 seconds of noodling added back in. The transcription and subtitles are currently works in progress.

** Notice the angelic light over Ted Greene: Although it looks like 90s camera technology, this is actually the holy aura that tends to glow around guitar gods! \m/ \m/ 
R.I.P., Ted Greene (1946–2005)