sunvalleylaw
January 7th, 2011, 12:05 AM
I have been listening to some podcasts on jazz, and listened to the series on Wes Montgomery today. http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/jazz-insights-media/id405935692 Check these podcasts out if you like jazz and want to learn more. Dr. Vernick is very good.
Anyway, I had been exposed to Wes before some. But in all honesty, what I was struck by was how all the George Benson stuff I listened to way back when (hated the strings etc. but put up with it so I could listen to the guitar) sounded like it came straight from Wes. Especially the octave style soloing. I had learned a bit about this before, but this latest podcast went into Wes's soloing techniques where he starts with single note lines (see below at :53), shifts to octaves (see at 1:37), and finally to blocked chords. This is where Benson got a ton of his stuff that I loved when I was a kid, and thought he kicked Pagey's butt.
Here is the lesson request. I would love to learn to play that soloing technique. Anyone want to put some basic demoes of the techniques up there? I am sure I will need to take a lesson (or series thereof) to get it down, but I would love to see how it is done. I can go on youtube and watch Wes and George play, but I would love to see it broken down.
Thanks for any resources one might suggest.
2a1W3Wtqdj8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a1W3Wtqdj8
Anyway, I had been exposed to Wes before some. But in all honesty, what I was struck by was how all the George Benson stuff I listened to way back when (hated the strings etc. but put up with it so I could listen to the guitar) sounded like it came straight from Wes. Especially the octave style soloing. I had learned a bit about this before, but this latest podcast went into Wes's soloing techniques where he starts with single note lines (see below at :53), shifts to octaves (see at 1:37), and finally to blocked chords. This is where Benson got a ton of his stuff that I loved when I was a kid, and thought he kicked Pagey's butt.
Here is the lesson request. I would love to learn to play that soloing technique. Anyone want to put some basic demoes of the techniques up there? I am sure I will need to take a lesson (or series thereof) to get it down, but I would love to see how it is done. I can go on youtube and watch Wes and George play, but I would love to see it broken down.
Thanks for any resources one might suggest.
2a1W3Wtqdj8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a1W3Wtqdj8