Chords for How To Play Like George Benson In 5 Minutes Guitar Lesson [Plus Links To Full George Benson Course]

Hi YouTube, this is Dion from Your Guitar Academy
And I've got a really cool George Benson style lick for you here
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Specifically to help you learn to play like George Benson.
So here's the lick _
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G]
So what we're doing here is we're picking a target note and we're approaching it from two frets below in [B] fact using an octave shape
across a couple of different strings, so our target notes are actually
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
Simple as that.
Okay, so [Ab] we're gonna have to approach from two frets below each one.
So that would be like
_ _ _ [A]
Okay, so that would mean my first fingers on the eighth fret [C] here.
It's just going eight [D] nine ten same on the [G] next string
_ [Am]
Okay.
Now we do
[D] _ _ [E] Seven eight nine on [Bb] the G.
Okay, and then we have also
[G] _
_ _ Five six seven on the G.
Okay to make it even more George Benson-y
We're going to play that using [C] octaves Okay
An octave basically means you're playing two of the same note at the same time except it's one is a slightly lower pitch
And the other one is at a higher pitch
_ Sounds something like that
So you can play them together
And it just sort of fattens it up a little bit and it makes it sound really cool and kind of instantly jazzy
So to do that this first shape we're going to be using we start with our first finger on the fifth fret of the G
_ [Bb] And we have a fourth finger on the eighth fret of the E
Okay, so what we actually have to do [Eb] because as you can see there's a string between those two
Okay, so you have to make sure your first finger is very slightly not too arched up in the air
Okay, so you want it kind of curved down a little bit like this
So you're actually resting it on that B string there, so you should be able to strum it _ [Db] like that without [B] getting this
_ Terrible kind of B string ringing out.
Okay, and you just need to kind of maintain that shape throughout the whole sequence
So for the first part remember how I said we start with our first finger on the fifth fret of the G
We're just simply going to move up three frets [A] from there.
So we go
[C] _ _ [D] _
_ Like that.
Okay, so you might want to do it with like a down up down as well.
So you go _ _ like that
Okay for the next part [N] we keep this exact same finger shape.
So this is a really important shape
I definitely recommend getting used to this because it can come in handy not even just in jazz music
It's everywhere really anytime you play the guitar.
So we take that same shape and just simply move it
Like that down to the next string
So our first [G] finger is now on the fifth fret of [C] the D as opposed to the G
[G] So now on the fifth fret of [N] the D
Which means the fourth finger should be on the eighth fret of the B and we do the same [G] thing.
So we go
_ [A] Okay, so here there's another little thing to look out for as well.
So you want to avoid
_ Hitting that high E.
So again your first fingers curling around over that G now and also just touching that
That high E as well very slightly so you get something that's like _ _ _ like that.
Okay, the next [D] one we actually change shape
Okay, so we now move back to the fifth fret
We move our first finger down to the A string
_ Like this, okay, [N] but now we don't use the fourth finger anymore.
We use the
_ [Bb] Third finger so that's my third finger now on the seventh fret of the G
Okay, so I've got [D] my first finger on the fifth fret of the A string
_ [Bbm] Third finger on the seventh fret of the G and what happens is again same thing
What's your first finger there as well and ensure that it's muting that middle note middle string?
Sorry, [Eb] and you can do the same
_ [E]
Now that just again up [D] three frets [E] because this note here was our target note
And then lastly after that one you just jump down
To the third fret with exactly the same [Ab] shape and just simply work your way up to [C] the fifth fret.
So you go
[Db] _ _ [D]
Like that [Gm] so all together really slowly you start with the [Abm] first finger on the [G] fifth fret of the G and [C] you do
_ [D] _ _
Okay, and [G] then you move remember downwards the next string down back to the fifth fret
_ [A] _ Okay, and [Bb] then you move down again, but now using the first and third on
[E]
Fifth fret to the seventh fret stay on that string move to the third fret
[Db] _ _ [D] Up to the fifth and the thing about George Benson.
He plays these things so unbelievably fast
So do take your time with these initially you want to make sure that you kind of lead with your [Abm] first finger Okay
So the first finger is the one that you really want to be paying attention to and [Bb] your fourth finger should just hopefully eventually
Just naturally fall into that that octave shape and you won't even really have to think about it too much
_ [D] So that's the full lick so
[A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ Like that and then you add that little kind of one on the end there so
_ Like that I [C] missed it, but
[D] _ There we go
[Abm] And that just sort of puts a little full stop on the phrase and says right that's that lick done and then you can move
On to another one _
So yeah that concludes this George Benson II chromatic octave lick
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