Know of any good Funk CD/Book Tutorials?
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orbiter
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Re: Know of any good Funk CD/Book Tutorials?
between james brown and george clinton .. the books been written .. and written well.
http://www.tabs-lyrics.com/James-Brown-guitar-tabs.html
Also sounds like you might want to take lessons in theory .. and apply those lessons to funk.
My advice is to learn all the james/george tunes .. and keep that right wrist loose!
eddie hazel is THE man. ~G
between james brown and george clinton .. the books been written .. and written well.
http://www.tabs-lyrics.com/James-Brown-guitar-tabs.html
Also sounds like you might want to take lessons in theory .. and apply those lessons to funk.
My advice is to learn all the james/george tunes .. and keep that right wrist loose!
eddie hazel is THE man. ~G
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Lewguitar
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Re: Know of any good Funk CD/Book Tutorials?
Al McKay from Earth Wind and Fire has an instruction tape on Star Licks...I'd buy an Earth, Wind and Fire CD instead tho and just play along with Shining Star, Fantasy, Getaway, etc.
Really tho: just listen and play along with Jimmy Nolan, the inventor of funk guitar! He was James Brown's guitarist on most of those early classics.
Maybe the finest examples of funk guitar after Jimmy Nolan would be the Meters!
I'd rather have the albums and CD's of those masters to play along with rather than a CD of lessons...
Lew
Al McKay from Earth Wind and Fire has an instruction tape on Star Licks...I'd buy an Earth, Wind and Fire CD instead tho and just play along with Shining Star, Fantasy, Getaway, etc.
Really tho: just listen and play along with Jimmy Nolan, the inventor of funk guitar! He was James Brown's guitarist on most of those early classics.
Maybe the finest examples of funk guitar after Jimmy Nolan would be the Meters!
I'd rather have the albums and CD's of those masters to play along with rather than a CD of lessons...
Lew
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orbiter
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Re: Know of any good Funk CD/Book Tutorials?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/3510241/ref=ftinfo_dp/002-8947879-4783236
this looks pretty good.. if ya like the james stuff. and yes .. nolan is great.
ike & tina had some killer funky stuff too .. masquito's tweeter.. etc..
for newer stuff..there's some funk on the first couple RHCP lps thats great and H had awesome style.. and the first 24/7 spyz lp kicks too. great cover of jungle boogie. Jimi Hazel has got some serious chops.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/3510241/ref=ftinfo_dp/002-8947879-4783236
this looks pretty good.. if ya like the james stuff. and yes .. nolan is great.
ike & tina had some killer funky stuff too .. masquito's tweeter.. etc..
for newer stuff..there's some funk on the first couple RHCP lps thats great and H had awesome style.. and the first 24/7 spyz lp kicks too. great cover of jungle boogie. Jimi Hazel has got some serious chops.
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Lewguitar
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Re: Know of any good Funk CD/Book Tutorials?
You know another good CD to get and just play along with to get the funk? The Average White Band. Pick Up the Pieces, I Got Work To Do, and many others are funky classics with tons of classic funk riffs.
Lew
orbiter said:
You know another good CD to get and just play along with to get the funk? The Average White Band. Pick Up the Pieces, I Got Work To Do, and many others are funky classics with tons of classic funk riffs.
Lew
TwilightOdyssey
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Re: Know of any good Funk CD/Book Tutorials?
Go watch the Wooten brothers play ... it's like going to Funk University!
Go watch the Wooten brothers play ... it's like going to Funk University!
Pandemonium
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Re: Know of any good Funk CD/Book Tutorials?
Riff Interactive has two funk cds. I can't personally recommend either one because I haven't seen 'em, but their stuff is generally pretty good. Funk and R&B is my thing, it's what I do best. It's not really hard at all, it's just a feel more or less. Sometimes I think either you have it or you don't. I've known some great players that could smoke my a** up one side and down the other, but they couldn't play a funk groove if their life depended on it.
Riff Interactive has two funk cds. I can't personally recommend either one because I haven't seen 'em, but their stuff is generally pretty good. Funk and R&B is my thing, it's what I do best. It's not really hard at all, it's just a feel more or less. Sometimes I think either you have it or you don't. I've known some great players that could smoke my a** up one side and down the other, but they couldn't play a funk groove if their life depended on it.
