In the past, I tried to memorize chord melody chords in a weird way that just didn't work. I'm getting the idea now that a good way of remembering them is not only by their function (major, minor, dominant, etc.), but also by the scale degree of the note being harmonized. We'll see how this goes!
Probably not giving up on the jazz guitar improvisation course, but my heart really isn't in it (that much) at this time. It concludes in August.
I'm getting really interested in Ted Greene. He seems to have been a very nice man, and a great guitarist. Look him up on YouTube playing "Send in the Clowns" as well as "Over the Rainbow."
When I was much younger, I bought one of his books about chord progressions. I was young and didn't know of the author, and just bought the book. It looked good. I never did too much with it, but I do remember sitting on the bed playing (or trying to play) one of the progressions. It sounded nice, I think, but I had no idea how to use the information.
Fast forward forty years, and here I am really interested in the man's life. I recently ordered two books: his "Chord Chemistry" book as well as a book by his parter about her life with him.
He seems like a kind man who wanted to spread the word about how to beautify the world with music.
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