James Brown Funk/Blues Style Lesson

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- Emir Hot2nd December 2008
  very cool chords and playing
- Ivan Milenkovic2nd December 2008
  Nice chords Joe, good job.
- Nazgul2nd December 2008
  Some good funky stuff there, Joe!
- Jose Mena2nd December 2008
  Cool chord lesson, but I can't help trying to improvise something over it.
- Kuba Szafran2nd December 2008
  Cool groovy lesson Joe !
- kaznie_NL2nd December 2008
  Thanks Joe, quit funky!!
- ItsMe2nd December 2008
  fuuuuunky
- Dejan Farkas2nd December 2008
  Nice one Joe
- Hisham Al-Sanea2nd December 2008
  nice funk lesson Joe.
- Bogdan Radovic2nd December 2008
  That was groove!!
- Kizaze442nd December 2008
  Joe, what scales would you improvise over this? I have some ideas, but wonder what you think. Cool lesson!
  
  -Kizaze
- Pedja Simovic2nd December 2008
  Cool stuff Joe!
  I like the tone
- Sergio Dorado3rd December 2008
  Very good funky lesson
- Gerardo Siere3rd December 2008
  Nice lesson.
- Muris Varajic3rd December 2008
  Funky Funky!
- Piotr Kaczor3rd December 2008
  Cool Joe! Nice lesson.
- playaxeman3rd December 2008
  He that was refreshing.
  
  Jazzy chords played in a funky way, that was groovy.
  
  Thx
- Carlos Carrillo3rd December 2008
  I feel good!! Playing this lesson!! jajaja!
- Joe Kataldo4th December 2008
  Thanks Guys
  
  Kizaze
  
  Major pentatonic, minor pentatonic, mixolydian, other words all the stuff you may use over a major blues, 9th chords really doesn't make any difference
- Alejandro Pinero4th December 2008
  Cool Joe!!
- Marcus Siepen9th December 2008
  funky ^^
- flashgordon2nd July 2009
  how do I play the chord-can you post a tab for it?

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- Tags: James, Brown, Funk, Blues, Style
Hi guys Joe Kataldo here, in today lesson I'll show you some characteristic rhythmic and harmonic elements of James Brown Funk Style.

James Brown Funk/Blues Style - 96 BPM
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A traditional 12-bar blues

A9 x4

D9 x2

A9 x2

and then the classic turn around:

E9 - D9 - A9 - E9

Theory Focus
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The 9th chords is actually a dominant 7th chord plus the 9th added.

Ex.

A C# E G = A7

A C# E G B = A9

all the blues is around two main chord shapes:

A9 shape with the Root on the sixth string (not fretted) that actually miss the root and the D9, E9 shape, by many called the "James Brown Chord" that has it's root on the fifth string.

Techniques Focus
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Check my other lesson on funk to get the basics of sixteenth notes funk-strumming.

Pro tips
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Because all the chord shapes are fully transportable, you can easily move the whole set of changes in other keys simply shifting around the fretboard.

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