Chords for George Barnes Guitar ideas

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_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] Alright, this is kind of a quick [Bb] teaser and something I've been [N] wanting to do on my favorite guitar player.
I say that a lot, but _ I really mean it this time.
This is a little bit about George Barnes. _ _
I really wish I could play more like him and I'll probably spend the rest of my life trying
to _ quote his ideas a little bit better.
_ _ For you guys that don't know about him, let me tell you a couple things.
_ _ His first recordings with Big Bill Brunzi are really good.
There's a whole series of octet [Eb] recordings that he did _ when he was a session musician
for I believe NBC _ and they were produced for the radio. _
_ Very progressive sounding. _ _ _
Definitely listening that could be a little abrasive _ if _ _ you've never heard anything like that.
Generally, my wife doesn't [Abm] like hearing it, but it doesn't matter to me.
Sounds like Peter and the Wolf on steroids.
_ _ _ Anyway, I tried a couple ideas that I hear George Barnes doing.
I _ located his method book that he produced in the early 40s _ and it's all [Ab] based around
a cage [Ab] program _ where we use [Eb] chord structures and then impose all the tones of the scales
or however you want to treat them [Ab] over those chord formations.
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One thing that's kind of signature [Gb] is he has these great rakes when he plays.
[F] When I start, I play in B flat and I just [Bb] play this B flat major.
_ _ All I do is [Gm] I hold the pick and I try to hold it _ _ with two to three fingers.
It's kind of hard to see on the camera, but [Gb] if I hold it relatively tightly without it
[G] flexing, I have a very percussive [C] sound to it.
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_ [A] So, _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
the phrases will generally start with a rake.
I'm not saying [Am] always.
He has a ton of [F] different ideas, [Ab] but George Barnes for beginners, I guess, is the [C] best
way to think about it.
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_ [Bb] _ _ I think it's what Thumbs [G] Carlisle kind of did when he played, was it [Ab] Springfield Social,
_ where they [B] talk about all the famous guitar [N] players at the time and George is one of them.
So, when he tries copying George, he kind of does all these [Fm] rakes.
_ So, anyway, [Bb] so over the one, _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ and in the [Gb] middle, I like playing this ghost note _ [B] _ where [G] _ _ [E] _
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try [D] to mute or play it open. _
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[Eb] So, when I play it [N] fast, you can tell that you can't really hear the tone.
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_ _ _ _ [F] _ Now, when I play the four [Cm] chord, I do the same [Eb] thing where I'm walking up in a tonic
[Bb] to the third.
_ When I do the C structure, [Eb] which is in his book, _ for the four, _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _
I _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _
do the same [Gb] thing.
So that [Eb] will work over the one, four, and five and that will kind of give a _ kind of
an [Ab] automatic George Barnes sound.
The [Bb] other thing is [A] on the second course, I believe I did something where I'm [B] playing
in the A structure.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ So, I'm playing [E] the A structure [B] and I slide up to the third _ [Gm] and _ _ [F] then I [G] slide _ _ _ _ [D] up to the tonic. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Slide into the third, _ to the five, _ _ _ _ [Ab] six, _ to the [D] tonic. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] And what I'm doing is I'm just bending to the, let's see here, the seventh [E] right here. _ _ _
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_ [Ab] _ _ [A] And that kind of sounds good.
The other [Ab] thing too is it seems like [F] a lot of the [Bb] sounds tend to be on the ninth.
[Gb] So if you want to bend a note, like if I use in B flat [D] and I'm going to begin a phrase,
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_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ that kind of [Db] has kind of that sort of [C] sound to it. _ _
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_ _ [Gm] _ [Gb] Anyway, I _ have more ideas [G] I want to share and I'll probably put some out there on the video.
[Bb] But for now, I think this will kind of get you rolling and be about _ as much as I guess
I want to give [E] away on this [Bb] _
[E] installment so far.
[Ab] Because gosh knows I have a ton of stuff [E] I need to study and work with.
So [Em] anyway, I'm going to try to play [Gb] _
a short etude out and [G] look forward to talking to you guys soon.
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Bye.
_ [D] Bye.
Bye.
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Bye. Bye. Bye.
Bye. [Gm] Bye. Bye. _ _ _