How everyone can play the FUNK! (beginner to PRO)

Summary by Krater

Paul Davids demonstrates how to play funk guitar by building a groove step-by-step using accents, ghost notes, syncopation, chord spices, single-line melodies, a four-chord shift, hammer-ons, and a wah pedal.

From the video

Answers: How do you play funk guitar?

• funk guitar rhythm
• ghost notes
• syncopation
• chord embellishments
• wah pedal techniques

What it concludes

• Every funk groove starts with an accent on the first beat.
• Adding percussion ghost notes in between chords gives the rhythm danceability.
• Syncopation is created by adding second and third step blade upstrokes.
• Spicing up chords with pinky fingers on higher frets adds melody to the rhythm.
• Switching to a four-chord structure as a dominant seventh chord allows playing single-line melodies with chromatic variations.
• Using a wah pedal completes the funk guitar lesson.