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Jul 17 2008, 12:22 AM |
Hey GMCer's, here's my third lesson on the SI board, hope you'll enjoy it
My first lesson was a bit jazzy, the second one a bit rockin', but this time it's gonna be funky. This lesson is based on a funky guitar strumming, with lot of variations to create melodies, this technique is used by lot of musicians, you just focus on a main idea (rythm) and add variations to create some phrasing, and it can make a song a lot less boring then repeating the same melodie all the time. You can have fun and improvise on the backing tracks, the key is in A Dorian, (for beginners, A minor pentatonic works well ) All comments and feedbacks are welcome, I will be happy to read them and answer to all questions. I hope you'll like my lesson, and I hope that I'll manage to be an instructor at GMC one day. Main Video : Here's the Videos Progressions Video 1 ; Video 2 ; Video 1 ; Video 3 ; Video 4 ; Video 5 Main_video.wmv ( 16.59MB ) Number of downloads: 1082 Video 1 : Here's the main rythmic pattern, notice how I'm muting the unwanted strings so we can hear only the notes that we want to hear. It's creates a sort of dirty effect on sound, that is typical for funk. At the end of this pattern you'll find the D7 chord (Dominant 7), D7 is typical of A Dorian, you won't find it in the other modes (if using the key of A), it's called the Sub-Dominant. You can check out Andrew's theory lesson Modal Chord Progressions for more informations .By the way 'bout sound, if your looking for your tone, you'll better seek a crunch sound, too much distorsion will kill the groove of funk. You need a crunch sound with little bit of gain, in order to hear every note cleanly. I'm using a Pod X3, my tone name is plexy phase. 1.wmv ( 16.13MB ) Number of downloads: 733 E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------7-5-------------------------------------7-5----------------------3-| G|-----------7-5----------------7b-7p5---------------7-5---------------7p5----5-| D|-5h7-7--------------5h7-7----------------5h7-7-------------5h7-7------------4-| A|-------x-x-----x-x--------x-x--------x-x-------x-x-----x-x-------x-x-----x--5-| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Video 2 : In this pattern, there's lot of variations, the first one is on the 2nd bar, you'll see a chormatic sequence using the "devil's interval" the dimineshed fifth. Again, carefull on muting unwanted strings, and the the second variations is a little shred run, in the key of A dorian that ends up with a C5 chord. 2.wmv ( 23.22MB ) Number of downloads: 682 E|---------------------------------------------------------------15-14-12-------------------------- B|-----------7-5----------------10-10-9-9-8-8------------7-5-------------15-13-12-15-13-12--------- G|-----------7-5----------------9--9--8-8-7-7------------7-5------------------------------14-12-11- D|5h7-7--------------5h7-7----------------------5h7-7---------------------------------------------- A|-------x-x-----x-x--------x-x--------------x-x------x-x----x-x----------------------------------- E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------| --------------------| 14-12-11---------12-| --------14-12-10-10-| --------------------| --------------------| Video 3 : This is a laid back pattern, rythmic placement is really important in this one, so careful on timing. 3.wmv ( 19.38MB ) Number of downloads: 583 E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------7-5------------------------------13-10---------7/8\7-7-5--| G|-----------7-5--------------------------x-x-------11-12-9------------| D|-5h7-7-------------5h7-7-----5p4-------------------------------------| A|-------x-x-----x-x-------x-x-----5-3---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| Video 4 : This pattern is the same as in Video 1, there's only a small variation at the end. 4.wmv ( 15.47MB ) Number of downloads: 607 E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------7-5-------------------------------------7-5------------------| G|-----------7-5----------------7b-7p5---------------7-5---------------5--| D|-5h7-7--------------5h7-7----------------5h7-7-------------5h7-7-----4--| A|-------x-x-----x-x--------x-x--------x-x-------x-x-----x-x-------x-x----| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| Video 5 : I like this pattern, a little shred run on the second bar, and then you do a bend on the G and the B string at the same time, notice how I'm putting my fingers. 5.wmv ( 18.1MB ) Number of downloads: 575 E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------7-5---------------------------------------7b-7-5-----5-7------| G|-----------7-5---------------------------------------7b-7-5-----5-7--7/9-| D|-5h7-7-------------5h7-7-------------5-4---5h7-7---------------------5/7-| A|-------x-x-----x-x-------------5-7-9-------------x-x--------x-x----------| E|-------------------------5-7-8-------------------------------------------| Backing Tracks : BT_80.mp3 ( 1.26MB ) Number of downloads: 509 BT_90.mp3 ( 1.12MB ) Number of downloads: 420 BT_100.mp3 ( 1.01MB ) Number of downloads: 449 BT_110.mp3 ( 938.49K ) Number of downloads: 420 BT_120.mp3 ( 876.04K ) Number of downloads: 419 Guitar pro : Funky_Strumming.gp5 ( 4.52K ) Number of downloads: 375 Gear : Ibanez RG prestige 1570 MRB with EMG 81/S/85 pickups Line 6 POD X3 Marshall MG100DFX Dunlop Jazz III Picks Cubase SX EZ drummer FL Studio 5.0 Vegas Movie Maker 6.0 I'll be happy to read your comments and feedbacks. If you've got any questions, please don't hesitate to ask them. Greetings, Jad. This post has been edited by Jad Diab: Nov 24 2008, 08:47 PM -------------------- |
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Jul 17 2008, 12:40 PM |
Nice patterns ZZ,well done!
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Jul 17 2008, 12:48 PM
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Nice lesson, Jad. Love the sound and the feel. Great video quality too. I will learn this lesson. Keep up the good work.
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Jul 17 2008, 12:49 PM |
Cool lesson mate, really nice
Love ur jacket -------------------- Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way. - Stevie Ray Vaughan |
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Jul 17 2008, 01:07 PM |
Funkalicious! Nice lesson!
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Jul 17 2008, 01:34 PM |
Nice and funky man, great job
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Jul 17 2008, 06:31 PM |
That was a very cool lesson man
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Jul 18 2008, 03:42 PM |
Hey my neighbor !
I loved (and learned !) your second lesson, and this one sounds awesome as well Keep this good work |
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Aug 7 2008, 11:48 PM |
I'm loving the funk! Cool lesson mate !
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Aug 9 2008, 08:01 PM |
Nice lesson. Like the funk.
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Aug 9 2008, 09:03 PM |
Cool lesson mate, I like it
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Aug 10 2008, 11:30 AM |
nice lesson mate.
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Aug 10 2008, 11:35 AM |
Nice Rhythm
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Aug 12 2008, 02:41 PM |
Well done Jad, you nailed funky
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Aug 17 2008, 05:01 PM |
Glad to have you back mate, I hope you had a good vacation
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Aug 17 2008, 09:16 PM |
Thanks man
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Mar 12 2010, 02:04 PM |
Just added this one to the knowledge base too,
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