Ted Greene – “Just Friends” Comping Lesson (1994)

The TedGreene.com Archives is happy to release this short video of Ted giving a lesson to Brian Totten for playing accompaniment for the classic jazz standard, “Just Friends.” In this 1994 lesson Ted explains the jazz harmony and chord progressions of the song, demonstrating both his signature fingerstyle technique and strumming with a pick to achieve a great swinging groove. ** Please Support the Official Archive at https://tedgreene.support ** Although the video is only 6:48, it packs a punch with high-level insights on jazz accompaniment. In June of 1979 Ted wrote a comping lesson page for his students for this song, which can be found on the TedGreene.com website in the Lessons/Comping section: https://www.tedgreene.com/images/less... While the video and the written lesson approaches differ slightly, both are in the key of C and offer complementary perspectives on the song’s harmonic structure. To get the most out of this video lesson, we recommend you download Ted’s 1979 “Just Friends” comping page. Thanks to Brian Totten for recording and sharing this video with the community. Enjoy! © Copyright 2026 TedGreene.com. All rights reserved. #TedGreene #JazzGuitar #SoloGuitar #FingerstyleGuitar #JustFriends #GuitarComping #GuitarAccompaniment #JazzStandards #GuitarLesson #BrianTotten