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Pretty interesting discussion... Yea getting the notes out with the right articulations and effortlessly is pretty much the goal right.... The effortlessly part is a maybe, the energy from struggling etc... can become part of the sound.
Personally while I dig Dan's playing the cotton tail wasn't a very good example.... not really much feel and phrasing. never really felt the blue thing either.... I know he can... maybe a better example.
And I agree with Jack... GB can alternate as much as he wants, that's his reference, where the sound and phrasing comes from. He's been old for a while, I can relate.
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03-02-2016 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by jzucker
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Originally Posted by jzucker
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One difference is that what George does may require hands-on teaching, whereas playing out of chord shapes or using certain substitutions ("convert to minor") and the like would not.
I'm eager to see how the George Benson Music Institute handles this. I wonder if there will be videos about pick grips, anchoring, hand / wrist motion, left hand fingering and so on. (I sent an email with four questions to the Institute; I'm eager to hear back from them.)
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Originally Posted by jzucker
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Sorry I have rather derailed this thread into another Benson picking thread...
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
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Maybe...derailed, but what's more important than trying to copy his picking...is to be able to produce and repeat the sound and feel of his playing. I copied the benson style and sound as a kid... covered many of his tunes...
From 64 new boss guitar, The cooker, Gibles... Tell it Like it is, The Willow Weep for me... still play My Latin Brother sometimes... never really knew how he held his pick till later when I could get into clubs. By then I already had my picking technique... As I think Jack said... there are a number of ways to hold and use pick, and I'll add to that.... none of it really matters if you can't get and reproduce the feel and sound.
Maybe you need to copy and memorize licks etc... at first... but eventually you should try and be able to perform in the style of.
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Originally Posted by jzucker
I'm not that familiar with Paul B---just some YouTube lesson clips someone posted. I should check out more of his stuff.
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