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1. Welcome: My name is Gib Felix, Candy I'm here to talk
about funk Pivelop a great course for you begin to learn how to play funk music. We're going to talk
about chord scales. The most common groups
in reading patterns, and of course, effects. In this course, you're going
to find several exercise. That's going to
help you T develop this amazing music style. With lessons covering the
fury and the practical part. Teach you all the step by step, Should have fun with fun music. Are you ready. So T
door. Let's get started.
2. Effects: Understand what a phaser
does to a guitar signal is crucial to understanding how to implement and control
it in a setup. A phaser splits a guitar signal into two separate signals. This division allows one
signal to pass through unaffected and applies
all filters to the other. As a result, the signals pass in and out of phase at a
varying speed defined by LF It's basically a
moveable equal pedal with a large sweep in the sound in a pronounced mid
range peak frequency. The sweep is changing
and controlled in real time by the player
rocking their foot on a pedal. Each is the main overall
form of nearly all pedals. Enveloped filter also known as an envelope fowler or ato is a type of ao effect
used in music to modify the sound of an instrument based on
its volume dynamic. It is commonly
associated with funk and expressing deorpol but it can be applied to
varying instruments. Developed filter reacted to the envelope of
income out signal. The envelope
represents the shapes of development that
change over time. In the context of
enveloped future, the effect is similar
to a a pedal, but it is automated based
on an instruments dynamic. When you play softly, the future opens up and when you play louder,
the future close.
3. The most common chords: Guitar shape is very common. It is the minor guitar shape. It's going to sound like this. You need to use your
finger number one, three, four, and two. Of course, you can play as a bar chord as well and
pick string number one. It's going to sound very nice. You can repeat this guitar shape in every single part
of your fret board. In this position, going to sound like D minor just because the first lowest note
is D. Right here, I'm going to sound
as C minor because the first node is C, and so on. This shape is very common. This is the minor guitar shape. You can change this pattern and use as minor seven as well. Remove your pink finger
and you're going to have a minor chord
with a minor seventh. You can sound very
funk with this chord. It's very nice chord. Another minor seventh
chord that is very common is on string number six, and you're going
to play like this. So string number six, skip string number five and play strings number four,
three, and two. In this case, most of the
guitar players avoid to play this lowest note and
play the highest note. Sounds. But of course, you have the option to have
the bass node lowest one. You can play this with
a ball chord as well. A one that is very famous is the major chord
with a minor seventh. In this case, you're
going to play D. You're going to use
your fingers number two, one, three and four. Play. Avoid play stings
number one and six. You have the minor
major ninth right here. So special. Very common funk and so music. Another option is nine. So you take this pin finger in, put one half step. So you're going to
have short nine. Sounds very funky. And you can mix
with your styles. Yeah, as you can
see guitar shapes. In this case, I'm using this major guitar
shape right here. That is very common as well. On the guitar, in the fin
guitar instead of play the basic chord that we
play on the acco guitar. You can remove a few fingers, a few notes and play
just the hightt notes. This gor chord is the
same as this one, but we remove the strings
number six, five, and one. We just play tree notes, strings number two,
three, and four. Guitar shape is very common. Is a major guitar shape. A can see chords are very
important. Next time to press.
4. Rhythm concepts to play funk guitar: The concept of offbeat and
downbeat are fundamentional. To understand had Music. Down beat is the primary emphasized bit in
a music measure. It is typically the
first bit of a measure, and it is often emphasize. Provide a sense of
stability and structure. Every single time that I have the number, I have my downbeat. For example, d22 and four
and two and two and four. Okay? So as you can see, every time and count the
number I B the court. All right? Let's
try one more time. And you can practice
exercise, tap your foot. So, two, three, four, one and two, and two and four and one and
two and two and four. The beat refers to the beat in a music measure
that is not emphasize. It is the opposite of downbeat and occurs
between the strong beats. Pasze the off beat creates
a very nice syncopation, great for funk music. So let's try one, two, three and four, downbeat, downbeat, down beat down beat. Now, let's try offbeat. So Okay. As you can see, works perfectly. In summary, the down beat is the strong and
emphasized bit, often providing a
sense of drowning. While the offbeat represents the bit that falls between
the emphasized ones. Contributing to rhythmic
variation and complexity. That's why it's important to press and learn
how to play both. A other ements important to
talk in click music is the W. If you mute your guitar
and play like this. One, two, three, four, or count 1234 123 far. In turn on the
envelope future or W and start plate like
this going up and down, you're going to
have the waka waka. So check this out. This rhythm, it's very common and
font us can be f music. You can find more
of par solos and haitar It's a very
easy rhythm to play, one of the first if
you are a beginner. Another great short cut is, take this akaaka rhythm, use a knot with a or
enveloped future and try to put some accents between
the waka. Check this out. One and two, and three and four, and one and four. As you can see, I tried to play the chords between the
deal bit and bit of Mm. I sound very funk. You can use your ears to find a best combination and of
course, the improvise. I need to teach a few fragments. S are very common. The first one is play four
times fast like this. Free 434. You can count as you want. Four. You can use 1234, one or for example,
guitar is good. D. It's tri The other great
written fragment is the You're going to
play two notes or tons. The first one, you're going to play and take a
little bit longer. The second one is going
to be short like this. Once again. So very funny. Check this out. The four Very cute, isn't it? Let's try more time.
Take the two fragments and create your recombinations. Use a creativity in everything we have
learned this course. Probably in the end
of this course, you're going to play Thank Biz.
5. Rhythm exercises: Great exercise is to play down and up every single time with your right hand and
mute all the strength. One and two, and three and four, and one and two, and three and four, and trash play with mu
to play very slowly. Once again, Three
four, one and two, and three and four, one and two, and three and four. Once and again, Treaty counts. Let's go for one and two, and three in four, one and two, and three in four. You need to have
this muted sound. Avoid to play the
notes like this. Avoid this type of thing.
Muted everything, right? Once again, Tree,
four very slowly, one and two, and three
and four and one and two, and three and four
and one and two, and three and four, one and two, and three and four. Now it is tack the number one. When you have number one,
you're going to play this C. All right. So chew notes on the strings number three
and two. Let's try. Tree four one and two and three, and four and one and two, and three and four and
one and two and three, and four and one and two, and three and four. Next step is to play
the number two, but it's time in the
end of number two, where my foot is going
up. Check this out. One, two, three, four, one and two, three, four and one and two, and three, and four one and
two, three, four. Sounds very nice, isn't it start to sound like fine music. Let's play the same thing
in the end of number three. Two, three, four
and one and two, and three and four
and one and two, and three and four, one and two, and three and four, very fine isn't it? So you need to practice very slowly and counting
all the notes. And of course, you
can provse you can put it and put the notes. You can put the notes in
the downbeat p of temple. It's up to you in the
number or the end. So let's try to
improvise something. Three, four. One and two, and T four. One and two, and t
four you can see. Let's try to use more
than, right? Three four. You can see when you mix with your other nodes sounds
much more funky. Another step by step means
you use the 16th notes, so you're going to play four
times very fast like this. Three Tree Three four. This is very funk
as well, let's try. Three four He mixes all the type of radoms.
6. The bridge bass technique to funk guitar: Now we're going to talk about a bass technique that is
very common on a guitar. Very funny isn't it?
But don't worry. I'm not going to teach
how to play bass. I'm here to teach about
fun guitar. Let's go. To this example, we're going to play D minor a minor seven. G7c measure. A minor a minor seven, right? So check this out. Three, four. Base Phase Base I can see I used
the pace approach to move between chords. The idea is play the first chord and
play a perfect fifth. Number five in music intervals, go to the next chord. In this case, I mean D. I played eight that
is number five of D and I go to my
second kind of bridge. Next step is to play the
note of my chord A notes, creating a bridge to my
third chord that is C chord. Next step, I play to A. The perfect fifth idea, G is five of C, creating a bridge
to my next chord, that is a And the last step is creating a bridge
to my core, C D. As you can see, in
most of the case, I play one whole step ahead
or before my target node. If my target node is, and I indeed I play a whole
step I my target node A, I play a whole step. G. Two way? This is the manda and
you need to practice this, create your own base
and sound funky. This type of approach
is very common in pop music when you mix
with funk and RMB.
7. The 3 most common scales in funk music: I'm to talk about the three
common scales in funk music. We have minor scale, pentatonic minor scale
and Dorian all of these three scales are used
in the most of the songs. The first scale that you need to learn how to place
the minor scale. So we have disc shape. Incor shape is very important, so memorize this step by step. You can play going
down and going up. You have seven nodes and a pattern of half
step and hold step. Have step is when you play two nodes like this, very close. I have a half step distance. A hole step is when you skip one fret and play the
other nodes like this. The pattern is hold
step, half step, hold step, host half
step, host and host. You're going to play this twice to fit the entire fret board. The second guitar scale is
the pentatonic minor scale. That's a very common funk. In this case, we are going to
play the same guitar shape, but remove node
number two and six. If you count one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, you're going to
remove notes number two and six and you're going to have the pentatonic minor scale. The guitar shapes going to
sound like this. Go down. Go. The last one
is the drum mode, that is the same thing as minor, but we're going to
add this measure six, in this case that
regarding a minor, it's going to sound
like F sharp. So instead of play,
the flat six, the minus six, that is, you're going to play F sharp, it's going to sound like this. As you can see, we
changed the formula. In the number five, two six, instead of play a half step, we're going to
play a whole step. You can prate this guitar shape in every single part
of your fret board. I play in the node. That's why you're
going to sound like a minor a pentatonic
minor scale or a dorm. If I play right here,
I'm going to sound as GG pentatonic minus scale and G du check
this out. G minor. G minor pentatonic scale. G Dorian You can repeat these patterns in every single part
of your fret board. Humanized scales takes time, trach memorized in theory in
all the tree guitar shapes. After this step, you can
memorize all the guitar shapes. For example, if you are
playing right here in G minor, the first guitar shape
is going to be this one. If we think about
Pentonic minor scale. But if I want to sound as G minor in this
part of fret board. I need to use the second
guitar shape. All right. If I want to sounds G minor right here in this
part of my front board, I'm going to use the
third deter shape of miro and scale and so on. That's why it's
important to memorize all the deter shapes. You have the same
approach dorium and minor scales as well.
Now it's time to brag
8. Dorian guitar shapes and tricks: To play, Dory, it's very easy. You just need to stock right here in the middle
of your fret board. If we play e, we are going
to have this guitar shape. But if you want to play in
this part of your neck, you just need to play another
guitar shape, this one. It is another part.
In Ft number ten. You just play a new one. In the frat number 212, you're going to have
a new one as well. Every single part of your neck, you're going to
have a new shape. So it's important to divide
this as groups as Shape one, two, three, four,
five, six, seven. So And finally, the last one is right
here in frat number 15. You can play here,
or if you prefer, right here. It's going
to sound like this. It's very fun and interesting. If you already learn the
major or minor scale, you can adapt to this approach. As you can see, we have
the same guitar shapes. But with a different
configuration. The Doran, we call the, the Dan guitar shape
one as the first one instead of the Agan move
that is the major mode. That's why I start right
here in fret number five. And be careful with
pattern number two, shape number two
and three because they are very
similar, right here. If we start in B, we're going to have the second
pattern after the Dorian. If we start right here, that is almost the
same configuration, the same step by step, we're going to have
the third pattern. Sometimes I don't want
to confuse the student, and I do not talk too much about the difference between the
n. But as you can see, they are almost the same. And if you are playing Dorian, it doesn't matter if you
start from here or here. You just need to
play the pattern. Same thing right here. In the G note, you can play starting F sharp. Or from G, it's going to be the same pattern but starting in different point. The most important thing
is sound as starting. Besides play the right nodes in the scales and the shapes, you need to start your legs and finish using the
nodes number one, three, five and six, that is the most important note. For example, if we
start right hand in A, We are nodding using
me daran, right? I just play. A, C, and G. We have those
nodes in our RSC. But not the spiciest node
that is F sharp number six. So let's try a
different approach. Now it's Much Marian. As you can see, I
stop right here. I my F sharp. Much bear isn't it? Let's take
a look at another example. Much more D Jordan. I start with this double
stop right here, NF Sharp and D. So it
sounds really cool. Now's time for you to use your creativity and create
your own Doran guitar x.
9. Music intervals: Music intervals are very
important for music. Even more important is understanding and
being able to apply. First, I need to explain
this table to you. Note that we have
several numbers. These numbers are the formulas. Let's take an example. Major second, it's
from number one, to number two, Major third, number one, two number three. Interval of four, number
one, to number four. And so on. Very easy, right? Now, the minor intervals. With this, you will
fly in the flat. Minor second 1-2. But following the formula,
let's set a flat. So we have from one
to the second flat. Let's check another example. Minus third from one
to number three flat, diminished fifth from number
one to flat five, and so on. The best way to proxims
interval is choose two strings. For example, string
is number two, three. If we take string number
three as an example, we're going to have the C node right here in fight number five. C, I'm going to have
the C major interval. C and E flat. I'm going to have the
minor third interval. Measure and minor. Right here, you can find a fourth interval. CFR right here at triton. As you can see, we have all the sounds and music
intervals in two strings. This is nice and easy to brex
and liborze all intervals. And of course,
create funk music. Let's take one and four. The fourth interval. If you play these two notes, you can sound like funky.
Very cu, isn't it? Let's take another example, one in five, CNG. Very nice, isn't it? But now
let's take two intervals. Four in major third. A can play as barco and I play the major interval
in the fourth interval. Sounds very funk.
You just need to use the music intervals,
and you're creative.
10. Guitar licks : I'm going to talk about
the guitar likes. I'm not going to
teach you how to play every single guitar node
by node, step by step. No. I'm going to teach you
how to create your it likes. Let's talk about the
main techniques. First of all, you
have three patterns, Tree scales, t T the first
one. The most common one. Pattern number one, and the minor scale is
common as well. And the dar modes. All the tree scale is going
to work perfectly fine me. Second step is thinking
about this shortcut. Start and finish your guitar
leks with the first note, the third note, or the note
number five of your key. If we are in a, the first note, it's a. If we are in A, the the perfect
fifth is going to be start and finish your
leg using these notes. For example, As you can
see, works really good. Thirst that. Use slide
and bands. For example. As you can see, slides and
bands work really good. Yeah, you can play the
band going up or down. As you can see when
I play my guitar. I played this band in D.
The first time I played going down stand off going
up. Works really good. Especially if after the band, you play one note
one whole step. Before. W. Next step is, this is not rock and
roll or even have metal. Be careful. Do not
play to met notes. It of play a lot of notes, thinking about the rhythms. Thinking about the
rhythms that we're already talking
about, the patterns. The four nodes that is
very fast, the 16th notes, like This is really common. The second pattern is the
pattern that we play two notes. The first one is a little bit longer the second
one short like this. The next shortcut
about rhythm that we cannot forget to
talk is the pulse. The pulse is very, very common and
important in fun guitar. For example, I could
play like this. But does not even sound
like funk guitar. So much more rock or
he metal, use the p. Use the same guitar, the same approach that you play, but put p for example. As you can see, sounds
much more funky. If you play exactly
the same thing you already know how to play. Just add this pause, it's going to sound
much more funk guitar. Let's take as example a very common guitar.
Let's say this one. It's a minor. We play the first pattern Moronk it's really
coming rock and roll. The is not to learn how
to play note by note, but transform this
in funk guitar. Instead of playing this, I could play something like this. Much more funky. I use the techniques that
I was talking about. Hammer on pull off slide
band in our perdu. Now your homework
is trach polite is approach on your music and
create nice guitar legs. I'm going to play a
backing track and improvise a little
bit. Check this out.
11. Jam exercise and what to do next: Next time to play
a gen exercise. You're going to put back in
tracking loop with Very nice. Read pattern to funk music. I'm going to choose
the key of minor. You can use Mc, M pentatonic or minor daring. You can take the fruscitar
shaping play right here. Pentatonic Mcal or Dorian scale, all the tree scale is
going to work perfectly. During a few measures, going
to improvise a little bit, create some kind of gros N guitar lick and
I'm going to stop, you're going to continue. This is going to
be our GN xcise. But before we continue, we are in minor. My device is star
and finlek using the three most
important nodes of minor or E minor pentatonic
scale or minor Doria. That is the first
node of the scale, the third nodes in
the fifth nodes. For example, I start
leaking. And finish. It's not a problem.
Check this out. So very funky, isn't it? Another short cut is let's try the third note of the scale. G. Sounds perfectly. Or you can start with one of the three nodes and finish
with one of the three notes. By the different one. Let's
start with the first one and finish with the perfect fifth. Notes. Let's try. Very good, isn't it? So, now you have all this information.
It's time to bras. Okay, let's start. Gonna
start first. Let's go. Lets each four each one, right? Each be fast. Let's go. My turn. Three four. A more time. Three four. Again, my turn three four. You're going to use
a nice approach. I go to repeat the leg
like this. I can see. I repeat the leg but
changes star f more time. Okay, how was the right?
Let's five more time. But there, isn't it?
What mega tree four. Back trach use this approach. This end of our course
and thank you so much. And in my opinion, now, you should listen a
lot of funk music. Look for bands such as fund, the Light Brothers,
Mikel Jackson, Prince. Some other bands that mix things such as
rehouse and peppers, muro cry, gens addiction
and Bruno Mars. The mixes the funk
music with rock, pop music, and hat metal. Another great advice is
watch all the lessons over again when we listen and learn information
for the second time. Our brain absorbs more than
dollars. Thank you so much. I invite you to look
to my profile on the platform and find my
other course. Well guitar. You, of course, or music styles. Thanks so much. Yeah. See
you next course. Bye bye.
Gabriel Felix, Music Teacher
