"4-4-3-2 (Good Nutrition's Up To You)" - original by Ted

[Ted]

4-4-3-2

©1980 Ted Johnson
Dad's Guitar: Ted
Recorded/Mixed/Mastered: Micro BR

Before I put my father's nylon string guitar away I thought I'd record 4-4-3-2, an instrumental I wrote forever ago. The title comes from 1970's nutritional propaganda Mulligan Stew, which intruded upon Saturday morning consumption of cartoons.

The show was noted for the key phrase "4-4-3-2" that was often invoked to refer to the USDA's then-recommended number of daily servings of the "Four Food Groups" — "fruits and vegetables," "breads and cereals," "milk or cheese," and "meat, fish or fowl."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=634-QuYgfMI

When my band, The Nutrients, got started we thought we might count off all of our songs with 4-4-3-2 Good Nutrition's Up To You!, but the idea never caught on.

[Redler]

I'm on the second listening... Really beautiful composition. Loved your playing with all those brilliant nyances! I wish this would have been a bit longer...it's third listening already . Excellent!

[Jarle]

A really beautiful tune.

[SE]

Great acoustic sound and well played to, got to agree all too short.

[T.C. Elliott]

I completely agree. It is well played and it sounds great.

[Oldrottenhead]

don't put your father's nylon string away.... ever! beautiful ted.

[Ted]

don't put your father's nylon string away.... ever!

I'm afraid I don't have a whole lot of nylon in me. I've composed and/or learned three songs for nylon. They're all short, and they're all hard to play (for me). If you want to be longer, I'm flattered, but you'll have to click the "Repeat" button.

• Theme from the Munsters,
• Streets of Laredo, and...
• 4-4-3-2

I miss brutishly strumming like a fool on my steel string.

But I have one more original for nylon that I never quite finished out. It's called "Blew my Fusion" and it's kind of a prog thing.

I'll think about it...

[Johnny Robbo]

Superb playing & a lovely piece... would have loved it twice as much if it were twice as long though

[Bluesberry]

Really sounds good, you are a real talent on that fingerstyle.

[Rata-tat-tat]

I'm diggin it Ted... I love the expression you are able to bring out in this piece... not an easy thing to get right for me. Bravo my friend....

Tod