George Benson Uses These All The Time!

In this video, I show you something that George Benson uses all the time, and if you use it, it will really make you stand out and add flavor to your playing. I call them Benson-Style Triple Stops. It is part of what makes up Benson's signature sound. They can be an impressive tool for your soloing and rhythm playing. In this lesson, we harmonize both the major scale and the blues scale with 6ths, 5ths & 4ths plus an octave to create a powerful sound. If you are looking for that smooth jazz sound, this definitely will help achieve it.
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Originally from the L.A. area, Rich has been playing professionally and teaching guitar for over thirty years. His education includes years of college and private instruction with a variety of teachers, including Mitch Holder, Ted Greene, Joe Pass, and Charlie Shoemake, to name a few. He feels education is a continuing process. There's always more to learn. Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Howard Roberts, Ted Greene, and Larry Carleton have all influenced his playing.
Rich wrote three books for a major publisher, Dale Zdenek/ Belwin Mills/Columbia, providing him the opportunity to work with other great artists/authors like Tommy Tedesco, Joe Diorio, and Ted Greene. After teaching at GIT/Musicians Institute, in Hollywood, CA, for three years, he developed and published his own home study guitar school-type curriculum available on his website www.GuitarCollegeLibrary.com which has helped over ten thousand students improve their playing.
Rich has won honorable mentions and awards in songwriting and served as president of the Ventura County Producers and Songwriters Guild. Touring for three years with "Dick Clark's Good Old Rock and Roll Show," he had the opportunity to perform with Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Little Anthony, and many other great, old-time rock and rollers.
After moving his family to the Yosemite/Fresno area, he taught guitar and directed the jazz band at Fresno Pacific University for two years. Being a well-rounded player, Rich is comfortable playing a variety of styles, including jazz (his favorite), blues, rock, fusion, country, and solo fingerstyle. He performs at local venues in a number of different scenarios, as a solo guitarist, with his jazz trio or quartet or smooth jazz quintet. At home in his studio, he is continually producing new lessons for KZbin and www.GuitarCollegeLibrary.com.
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[@tobychups6897]

Love u richie!

[@tomculhane6648]

Thank you, Rich. You always provide great things to think about and learn.

[@PJ-hn4cg]

Such an amazing player - and an amazing guy ... I have learned so much from these videos !

[@wolfchapz7669]

I like how captions say “foreign music” when your Intro plays

[@mikeopdenaker5573]

I struggle with octaves so this may be a big help!

[@RichSeversonGuitar]

It could I have some lessons on improving your octave playing. Here's a link guitarcollegelibrary.com/categories/category-hdhNKsLA0FU

[@Indigo-lucky]

Pardon my naive question but why do people find octaves harder than triple stops? Isn’t playing 2 notes at a time easier than 3? Thanks in advance.

[@JackTheSkunk]

I struggle with everything and am beyond help but always look forward to Rich's latest videos.

[@chrispile3878]

Has kind of a Pink Panther vibe!

[@That52TeleGuy]

Big fan of the early GB records, I would think he could play anything. Interesting tid-bit on the octaves.

[@joeswartz5091]

Confusion

[@joeswartz5091]

To much talking less doing

[@Hardbop1955]

You might want to spell George's name correctly. 🤣

[@mainsblanches8793]

...tune and practice more before doing the video!!...Benson does'nt play commun kind of stuff!!...☺

[@RichSeversonGuitar]

Gosh guys. A bit overly critical here don't you think! And I beg to differ Mains. Ever heard the song Breezin'? Lol. That is not common kind of stuff?