How everyone can play the FUNK! (beginner to PRO)
A video on YouTube. In Music Lessons, a Krater category.
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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.
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