Chords for Things Ted Greene showed me Part 1
Tempo:
71.7 bpm
Chords used:
E
Em
G
Ab
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am]
[Ab]
[Gm] [Gb]
[F] [D] [G] [Bm]
Hey, I'm going to start a new segment called Things Ted Green Showed Me, because he showed
me so much in the little time that we spent together teaching together at Dale's Ernie
Ball Guitar Store in Tarzana.
But you know what?
Ted would always say, he'd say, let me show you this in between students.
You know, I'd ask him a question.
He'd show me something real quick.
Or if we had a cancellation and I had a cancellation, we'd get together and he'd say, come on over,
let's play, you know, and we'd play.
But he'd end up showing me stuff.
That's how he was.
I remember coming out of, after teaching all day, it's 9 o'clock at night, we're walking
out to the parking lot and I said, you know what?
Someday I want you to show me these harmonics.
And he proceeded, he whipped out his guitar, put his foot on the bumper of his car, and
spent about 45 minutes showing me how to do these things.
And it was kind of a special time.
But anyway, his use of harmonics and what he could do with them is something I think
everybody should learn.
It just adds another timbre to the guitar and it just kind of spices up the guitar.
People hear this little effect and they say, what is that?
Angels playing a harp?
It sounds like a harp.
And I'm sure Ted's up there showing a lot of angels how to do this.
Anyway, let's get into this.
I think you're going to [E] like it.
All right, let's learn this technique of producing harmonics.
First off, you need to get a feel for just producing a harmonic using both your hands.
Now, right over the, exactly over the 12th fret is where you want to lightly press on the string.
You're not going to fret the string.
I'm not going to press it all the way down so it touches the fret.
It's just going to be right on top of that fret.
[Am] And that's how [E] I get my harmonic.
If I get off, like on the 11th fret or the 13th, it doesn't work.
It's got to be exactly on the 12th fret, right [D] over it.
And I'm not pressing down.
[G] [Em] [E]
[Em] Get the idea?
[E] Now, let's produce that same effect using one hand.
So what I'm going to do is my, this finger is going to come right over the 12th fret
and I'm going to pluck the string with my thumb.
So it's going to look like this.
[E] [Em]
And now it takes a while to get a feel for that, that hand position of this.
[E]
[Em] Once again, I'm not pressing down on the, onto the fret.
I'm just letting it ring [E] out there.
[Em] That's step number one.
Get comfortable with this.
Now the next step is to produce a harmonic without using an open string, but let's use
a fretted string.
So what we're going to do is let's bar across the third fret here.
Now what I'm going to have to do is come up here exactly on the first dot here as well.
In other words, if [G] this is a G here, I can produce a harmonic an octave higher or 12 frets higher.
So I'm going to get the same effect by just doing the same thing right here.
[Gm] Get the idea?
Or I could [Ab] go up a fret higher.
[B]
Here's A.
[D] So whatever I fret down here, go 12 frets higher and just play it up [A] here.
So practice doing [Ab] that up and down the fretboard.
[B] [G] [Gm]
Now it does help to grow your [Bb] fingernail out a little bit so [Em] you get some click to that.
[Ab]
[Gm] [Gb]
[F] [D] [G] [Bm]
Hey, I'm going to start a new segment called Things Ted Green Showed Me, because he showed
me so much in the little time that we spent together teaching together at Dale's Ernie
Ball Guitar Store in Tarzana.
But you know what?
Ted would always say, he'd say, let me show you this in between students.
You know, I'd ask him a question.
He'd show me something real quick.
Or if we had a cancellation and I had a cancellation, we'd get together and he'd say, come on over,
let's play, you know, and we'd play.
But he'd end up showing me stuff.
That's how he was.
I remember coming out of, after teaching all day, it's 9 o'clock at night, we're walking
out to the parking lot and I said, you know what?
Someday I want you to show me these harmonics.
And he proceeded, he whipped out his guitar, put his foot on the bumper of his car, and
spent about 45 minutes showing me how to do these things.
And it was kind of a special time.
But anyway, his use of harmonics and what he could do with them is something I think
everybody should learn.
It just adds another timbre to the guitar and it just kind of spices up the guitar.
People hear this little effect and they say, what is that?
Angels playing a harp?
It sounds like a harp.
And I'm sure Ted's up there showing a lot of angels how to do this.
Anyway, let's get into this.
I think you're going to [E] like it.
All right, let's learn this technique of producing harmonics.
First off, you need to get a feel for just producing a harmonic using both your hands.
Now, right over the, exactly over the 12th fret is where you want to lightly press on the string.
You're not going to fret the string.
I'm not going to press it all the way down so it touches the fret.
It's just going to be right on top of that fret.
[Am] And that's how [E] I get my harmonic.
If I get off, like on the 11th fret or the 13th, it doesn't work.
It's got to be exactly on the 12th fret, right [D] over it.
And I'm not pressing down.
[G] [Em] [E]
[Em] Get the idea?
[E] Now, let's produce that same effect using one hand.
So what I'm going to do is my, this finger is going to come right over the 12th fret
and I'm going to pluck the string with my thumb.
So it's going to look like this.
[E] [Em]
And now it takes a while to get a feel for that, that hand position of this.
[E]
[Em] Once again, I'm not pressing down on the, onto the fret.
I'm just letting it ring [E] out there.
[Em] That's step number one.
Get comfortable with this.
Now the next step is to produce a harmonic without using an open string, but let's use
a fretted string.
So what we're going to do is let's bar across the third fret here.
Now what I'm going to have to do is come up here exactly on the first dot here as well.
In other words, if [G] this is a G here, I can produce a harmonic an octave higher or 12 frets higher.
So I'm going to get the same effect by just doing the same thing right here.
[Gm] Get the idea?
Or I could [Ab] go up a fret higher.
[B]
Here's A.
[D] So whatever I fret down here, go 12 frets higher and just play it up [A] here.
So practice doing [Ab] that up and down the fretboard.
[B] [G] [Gm]
Now it does help to grow your [Bb] fingernail out a little bit so [Em] you get some click to that.
Key:
E
Em
G
Ab
Gm
E
Em
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm]
Hey, I'm going to start a new segment called Things Ted Green Showed Me, because he showed
me so much in the little time that we spent together teaching together at Dale's Ernie
Ball Guitar Store in Tarzana.
But you know what?
Ted would always say, he'd say, let me show you this in between students.
You know, I'd ask him a question.
He'd show me something real quick.
Or if we had a cancellation and I had a cancellation, we'd get together and he'd say, come on over,
let's play, you know, and we'd play.
But he'd end up showing me stuff.
That's how he was.
I remember coming out of, after teaching all day, it's 9 o'clock at night, we're walking
out to the parking lot and I said, you know what?
Someday I want you to show me these harmonics.
And he proceeded, he whipped out his guitar, put his foot on the bumper of his car, and
spent about 45 minutes showing me how to do these things.
And it was kind of a special time.
But anyway, his use of harmonics and what he could do with them is something I think
everybody should learn.
It just adds another timbre to the guitar and it just kind of spices up the guitar.
People hear this little effect and they say, what is that?
Angels playing a harp?
It sounds like a harp.
And I'm sure Ted's up there showing a lot of angels how to do this.
Anyway, let's get into this.
I think you're going to [E] like it.
All right, let's learn this technique of producing harmonics.
First off, you need to get a feel for just producing a harmonic using both your hands.
Now, right over the, exactly over the 12th fret is where you want to lightly press on the string.
You're not going to fret the string.
I'm not going to press it all the way down so it touches the fret.
It's just going to be right on top of that fret.
[Am] And that's how [E] I get my harmonic.
If I get off, like on the 11th fret or the 13th, it doesn't work.
It's got to be exactly on the 12th fret, right [D] over it.
And I'm not pressing down.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ Get the idea?
[E] Now, let's produce that same effect using one hand.
So what I'm going to do is my, this finger is going to come right over the 12th fret
and I'm going to pluck the string with my thumb.
So it's going to look like this.
_ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _
And now it takes a while to get a feel for that, that hand position of this.
[E] _
_ _ [Em] _ Once again, I'm not pressing down on the, onto the fret.
I'm just letting it ring [E] out there.
_ [Em] That's step number one.
Get comfortable with this. _ _ _ _ _ _
Now the next step is to produce a harmonic without using an open string, but let's use
a fretted string.
So what we're going to do is let's bar across the third fret here.
Now what I'm going to have to do is come up here exactly on the first dot here as well.
In other words, if [G] this is a G here, I can produce a harmonic an octave higher or 12 frets higher.
So I'm going to get the same effect by just doing the same thing right here. _ _
_ [Gm] _ Get the idea?
Or I could [Ab] go up a fret higher.
[B] _
_ _ Here's A.
[D] So whatever I fret down here, go 12 frets higher and just play it up [A] here.
_ _ So practice doing [Ab] that up and down the fretboard.
[B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm]
Now it does help to grow your [Bb] fingernail out a little bit so [Em] you get some click to that. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm]
Hey, I'm going to start a new segment called Things Ted Green Showed Me, because he showed
me so much in the little time that we spent together teaching together at Dale's Ernie
Ball Guitar Store in Tarzana.
But you know what?
Ted would always say, he'd say, let me show you this in between students.
You know, I'd ask him a question.
He'd show me something real quick.
Or if we had a cancellation and I had a cancellation, we'd get together and he'd say, come on over,
let's play, you know, and we'd play.
But he'd end up showing me stuff.
That's how he was.
I remember coming out of, after teaching all day, it's 9 o'clock at night, we're walking
out to the parking lot and I said, you know what?
Someday I want you to show me these harmonics.
And he proceeded, he whipped out his guitar, put his foot on the bumper of his car, and
spent about 45 minutes showing me how to do these things.
And it was kind of a special time.
But anyway, his use of harmonics and what he could do with them is something I think
everybody should learn.
It just adds another timbre to the guitar and it just kind of spices up the guitar.
People hear this little effect and they say, what is that?
Angels playing a harp?
It sounds like a harp.
And I'm sure Ted's up there showing a lot of angels how to do this.
Anyway, let's get into this.
I think you're going to [E] like it.
All right, let's learn this technique of producing harmonics.
First off, you need to get a feel for just producing a harmonic using both your hands.
Now, right over the, exactly over the 12th fret is where you want to lightly press on the string.
You're not going to fret the string.
I'm not going to press it all the way down so it touches the fret.
It's just going to be right on top of that fret.
[Am] And that's how [E] I get my harmonic.
If I get off, like on the 11th fret or the 13th, it doesn't work.
It's got to be exactly on the 12th fret, right [D] over it.
And I'm not pressing down.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ Get the idea?
[E] Now, let's produce that same effect using one hand.
So what I'm going to do is my, this finger is going to come right over the 12th fret
and I'm going to pluck the string with my thumb.
So it's going to look like this.
_ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _
And now it takes a while to get a feel for that, that hand position of this.
[E] _
_ _ [Em] _ Once again, I'm not pressing down on the, onto the fret.
I'm just letting it ring [E] out there.
_ [Em] That's step number one.
Get comfortable with this. _ _ _ _ _ _
Now the next step is to produce a harmonic without using an open string, but let's use
a fretted string.
So what we're going to do is let's bar across the third fret here.
Now what I'm going to have to do is come up here exactly on the first dot here as well.
In other words, if [G] this is a G here, I can produce a harmonic an octave higher or 12 frets higher.
So I'm going to get the same effect by just doing the same thing right here. _ _
_ [Gm] _ Get the idea?
Or I could [Ab] go up a fret higher.
[B] _
_ _ Here's A.
[D] So whatever I fret down here, go 12 frets higher and just play it up [A] here.
_ _ So practice doing [Ab] that up and down the fretboard.
[B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm]
Now it does help to grow your [Bb] fingernail out a little bit so [Em] you get some click to that. _