Gain understanding for groovy rhythm patterns and explore 4 different styles of funk

We will start scratching (ghost note) all sixteenth-notes (four per beat) with a constant down/up strumming, muting the strings laying lightly an E9 chord (the James Brown Chord), and adding pressure to play different accents.

Like much of African inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments such as electric guitar, electric bass, Hammond organ, and drums playing interlocking rhythms.

This part will improve your left hand muting, right/left hand coordination and strumming.

Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music.

Learn what's a beat, how to find a beat in music as well as how to do basic rhythm counting.

The secret of sweeping is to synchronize your right hand with your left hand. What you need to do is to place a finger of your left hand on the desired note at the same time than you are playing that note with your pick. As you do so, the next note needs to be placed on the adjacent string in the same direction as your pick is going.

Jazz Swing, Gipsy Jazz, Bossa Nova & Neo Soul

From basic Blues Rock to Modern Blues