Kristofer Dahl1st October 2009Yummi this is so tasty and groovy Stephane, I need to get funking. I love your tone and feel - thanks!
playaxeman1st October 2009Very funky.
Just the thing I needs form jamming in my band
Liked it
NoSkill1st October 2009Awesome man! Totally groovy!
Bogdan Radovic1st October 2009Wow I really liked this one! Great approach to funk riffing! Groove is amazing!
Jonathan Burgos1st October 2009Yeah! I love it man! great job.
Stephane Lucarelli1st October 2009Thanks guys, glad you liked this one! Really fun to play!
Sensible Jones1st October 2009Excellent job Stephane!! Great stuff to Jam to!!
Gerardo Siere1st October 2009Great lesson, love the groove!
Tsarpf1st October 2009Nice lesson! I'm definetely going to learn this!
- TheOldOnes1st October 2009
What I love about this lesson is it looks like a lot of fun and instructive! Nicely done!
- Sinisa Cekic1st October 2009
Great lesson ,i like it ,tnx Stephane
Pedja Simovic1st October 2009Cool lesson Stephane
Emir Hot1st October 2009Very cool and groovy.
Laszlo Boross1st October 2009Very tasty funk lesson Stephane! Love it
Ivan Milenkovic1st October 2009Very cool man, sounds funky!
- Stephane Lucarelli2nd October 2009
Thanks guys!
kaznie_NL2nd October 2009Very funky indeed!! Très bien Stephane!
- Patrickh2nd October 2009
Loved it! A lot of fun to play. Cool tone and feel.
Dr.Arp3rd October 2009did you ever fall in the mighty groove pot ?
thumps up !- Stephane Lucarelli3rd October 2009
Thanks a lot!
Jerry Arcidiacono5th October 2009Very cool lesson Stephane
I like the groove and your tone a lot here!- Stephane Lucarelli5th October 2009
Thanks Jerry! Glad you like it my friend!
Shime5th October 2009Fantastic sound, great groove, so cool. And so NOT easy to copy! Love it.
Santiago Diaz Garces6th October 2009Great groove Stephane. Reminds me to some Jamiroquai chops!. Very nice lesson
- Stephane Lucarelli6th October 2009
Thanks Shime & Santiago, truly appreciated!
Toni Suominen7th October 2009Funky stuff Stephane
Zsolt Galambos7th October 2009Very cool, great to see someone covering the funk-rock style
- Stephane Lucarelli8th October 2009
Thanks guys!
David Wallimann12th October 2009Beautiful tone and what an awesome groove!!!!!
Very well done!- Stephane Lucarelli12th October 2009
Thanks David !
macseamus12th October 2009Hi Stephane, are you generally hitting the top three strings with this riff? I find my natural tendency is to play with less left hand, i mean strumming hand (I'm a lefty) movement. but this results is a slightly different sound. Or do you have enough control to hit just the 3rd string while swinging your hand from your leg to almost the top of the guitar? thnx.
- Stephane Lucarelli17th October 2009Hi Stephane, are you generally hitting the top three strings with this riff? I find my natural tendency is to play with less left hand, i mean strumming hand (I'm a lefty) movement. but this results is a slightly different sound. Or do you have enough control to hit just the 3rd string while swinging your hand from your leg to almost the top of the guitar? thnx.
That's right, the strumming hand sometimes hit adjacents strings, generaly top strings. It adds a cool percussive sound & punch to the riff and unplayed strings are damping with the fretting hand. - kevvyg6th November 2009
Hi Stephane, nice lesson!
Just trying to work out what those chords are. I keep coming up with Bdim7 and F#7#9.
Am I close?!
Thanks!
- Stephane Lucarelli7th November 2009
Hi kevvyg, glad you liked the lesson!
Main riff / solo section are around a C#- vamp, bridge chords are F#5 / F#7#9 and the last one is G#7#9
Hope it helps
Cheers! 
Ruzz14th February 2010Damn Stephane! I love your sound in this one!
- Stephane Lucarelli15th February 2010
Thanks man, glad you liked it!
- steve persaud10th February 2014
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Basic Rock Guitar:...
muting, palm muting, solo guitar, techniques, damping, bending, vibrato, slide, rock guitar, riffs, rhythm, acdc, zztop, muted strings, strumming, deep purple, rolling stones, acdc, zztop, van halen, Metallicaby Guido Bungenstock - Difficulty4
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Basic Rock Guitar:...
tapping, muting, palm muting, solo guitar, techniques, damping, bending, vibrato, slide, rock guitar, riffs, rhythm, acdc, zztop, muted strings, strumming, deep purple, rolling stones, acdc, zztop, van halen, Metallica, Eddie Van Halen, steve Lukather. Neal Schon, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Guthrie Govan, Joe Bonnamassa, Steve Stevens, Steve Vai, Joe Satrianiby Guido Bungenstock - Difficulty2
The 1975 Style
1975, the 1975, duran duran, pop, electropop, funk, funk rock, rhythm, groove, riff, palm muting, alternate picking, strumming, funk rock, indie rock, indie popby Gabriel Leopardi - Difficulty4
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funk blues, jazz chords, rhythm, blues rhythm, funk strumming, skunkby Stephane Lucarelli - Difficulty4
James Brown Style
james, brown, funk, rhythm, guitar, 16th, notes, strumming, jimmy, nolen, bootsy, collins, JB, mutingby Ivan Milenkovic - Difficulty6
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Hi GMC !
Today we gonna work on some funk-rock riffs and lead guitar part.
It's a good exercise for your right hand accuracy when strumming and also for your left hand
because we need a good technique for damping unplayed strings.
The lead part is made with the C# pentatonic scale.
Nothing difficult, just pay attention to the first bend and the rhythm placement.
The lesson is done in order to be played in loop : intro / lead part / bridge riff... etc...
As always, start by working slowly to master the different riffs.
Good practice and have fun!
Stephane.