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Feedback
flashgordon2nd July 2009how do I play the chord-can you post a tab for it?
Marcus Siepen9th December 2008funky ^^
Alejandro Pinero4th December 2008Cool Joe!!
Joe Kataldo4th December 2008Thanks 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
Carlos Carrillo3rd December 2008I feel good!! Playing this lesson!! jajaja!
playaxeman3rd December 2008He that was refreshing.
Jazzy chords played in a funky way, that was groovy.
Thx
Piotr Kaczor3rd December 2008Cool Joe! Nice lesson.
Muris Varajic3rd December 2008Funky Funky!
Gerardo Siere3rd December 2008Nice lesson.
Sergio Dorado2nd December 2008Very good funky lesson
Pedja Simovic2nd December 2008Cool stuff Joe!
I like the tone
Kizaze442nd December 2008Joe, what scales would you improvise over this? I have some ideas, but wonder what you think. Cool lesson!
-Kizaze
Bogdan Radovic2nd December 2008That was groove!!
Hisham Al-Sanea2nd December 2008nice funk lesson Joe.
Dejan Farkas2nd December 2008Nice one Joe
ItsMe2nd December 2008fuuuuunky
kaznie_NL2nd December 2008Thanks Joe, quit funky!!
Kuba Szafran2nd December 2008Cool groovy lesson Joe
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Jose Mena2nd December 2008Cool chord lesson, but I can't help trying to improvise something over it.
Nazgul2nd December 2008Some good funky stuff there, Joe!
Ivan Milenkovic2nd December 2008Nice chords Joe, good job.
Emir Hot2nd December 2008very cool chords and playing
- Lesson
- My notes
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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