Funk Guitar Mastery: The Complete Guide to Playing Funk Rhythm Guitar
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (929 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00V6HZJKC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 207 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Essential skills such as scratches, rests, triplets and chord stabs are also introduced.The second half of the book introduces the vital elements of groove, chord embellishments (such as adding slides and melody notes), chord progressions, riff based ideas and improvisation.Both halves combine seamlessly to develop creative, musical and interesting funk guitar parts. Throughout, the emphasis is on listening to, and locking in with the bass and drums to help you form a tight, functional, grooving rhythm section.Funk Guitar Mastery:Understand and develop excellent funk rhythm guitar skillsOver 160 notated examples with audio12 backing tracksChords, riffs, progressions and scalesLearn to improvise your own funk guitar partsLock in with the bass and drums to 'Play in the Pocket'Practice and tone tipsAll the backing tracks have been made by the legendary Quist, they're fun and funky and will keep you jam
Another Masterpiece by Joseph Alexander - Awesome as always This is the 6th book I've purchased by Joseph Alexander and it didn't disappoint. I've never before been able to find a great funk guitar theory book. Since the Red Hot Chili Peppers are my favorite band, I learned the songs but never had a real good understanding of the theory behind the Funk guitar fretboard until now. Thank you!. Looking good so far! Morgan Peline Just started this book. I had actually bought Joseph's Guitar Fretboard Fluency and found that so well done that I decided to buy this as well. I am using it the way it was written so so far I have been gradually increasing my 16th note strumming and picking to 120BPMI'm only at 74BPM so farHaving flipped through the pages, I am certain this is going to be a very good book. Doesn't happen overnight but I'm sure this book will really help my playing!. Structured Nicely for Grasping the Basics Amazon Customer After several years of playing the guitar I realized that going back to basics was a necessity. I kinda jumped right into learning other people's songs and never really mastered the basics. So when I saw how this book was laid out with all the rhythmic exercises, it appealed to me. Also, funk is a style of guitar that interests me - among others. I bought this book for the exercises and going through it has greatly improved my playing. One of the nice things about this book is that the exercises, once mastered, can be applied to almost any style of guitar. Another nice thing is that the exercises are laid out logically, but simple e