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George Benson Guitar Licks and Transcriptions with Tabs - An Overview

The target-note is the A on the 1st string. The expression ends with an Am9 voicing in bar 9. Minor Lick 5 Am7This one uses the A minor blues scale, which is a typical scale option for George when soloing over m7 chords. Though it is a simple option, masters such as Benson, Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, and others were all experts at developing hip-sounding lines utilizing this commonly studied and applied guitar scale.

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Here's an example with double stops. The phrase begins with a (partial) C6 arpeggio. The 2nd half of bar 1 has an Ebmaj7 arpeggio, a typical replacement for Cm7. Benson changes a lot between major (major 3rd) and small (minor 3rd) on dominant chords. In this example, Benson plays a C small pentatonic scale over a C dominant chord (second half of bar 2 and bar 3).

This arpeggios highlights the b13 of the E7 chord, and is a solid way of describing modified chords without merely playing the transformed scale in your lines. Cmaj7 #  This Is Cool , CEG #BPlayed over E7b13135Listen & Play Along: Dominant Lick 3 E7alt to Am7The very first bar of the next lick utilizes a Dm7b5 arpeggio, which provides a modified type of noise over E7: Dm7b5 Arpeggio, DFAb, CPlayed over E7b7b93b13In the second bar, George plays an Abmaj7 arpeggio.

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Abmaj7 Arpeggio, Ab, CEb, GPlayed over E73b137 # 9After the Abmaj7 arpeggio follows an Ab enhanced triad (3, b13 and 1), which then fixes to the 9 of Am7. Listen & Play Along: Dominant Licks 4 E7alt to Am7Here's some terrific video from the early 70s of tap dancer Jimmy Slyde tapping on George Benson's guitar playing (Papa Jo Jones is on drums).

A young George Benson improvises a tune loosely based on bass player Ben Tucker's song Comin' Home Child (1961 ). Here is the transcription of the style, there are a few hot licks in there: II-V-I Licks2 5 1 Lick 1 Eb Major, This very first 2 5 1 lick is in the secret of Eb significant.

When playing Abmaj7 over Fm7, you are outlining the b3-5-b7-9 of that chord, so it resembles playing a rootless Fm9 chord. Abmaj7 Arpeggio, Ab, CEb, GPlayed over Fm7b35b79Listen & Play Along:2 5 1 Lick 2 C Major, Another cool 251 lick in the key of C significant. In the second bar, George Benson plays a G # 5 triad, followed by a G changed scale phrase.