70's Funk Guitar Lesson

70's Funk Guitar Patterns

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  • Hi Guys,

    Welcome to my lesson No. 102
    70's Funk Guitar Patterns

    Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when African-American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B). Funk de-emphasizes melody and chord progressions and focuses on a strong rhythmic groove of a bassline played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a drummer, often at slower tempos than other popular music. Like much of African-inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments playing interlocking grooves that created a "hypnotic" and "danceable feel".[2] Funk uses the same richly colored extended chords found in bebop jazz, such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths, or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths and thirteenths.




    In this cool lesson we gonna learn some cool 70's funky rhythm guitar patterns that focus on timing and groove.



    Have fun!

    The structure of the Jam track:

    Lick 1 0:07-0:14
    Cm7 | F7 | Cm7 | F/G |

    Lick 2 0:15-0:23
    Cm7 | F7 | Cm7 | F/G |

    Lick 3 0:24-0:33
    Cm7 | F7 | Cm7 | F/G |

    Lick 4 0:34-0:42
    Cm7 | F7 | Cm7 | F/G |

    Lick 5 0:43-0:51
    Cm7 | F7 | Cm7 | F/G |

    Lick 6 0:52-1:02
    Cm7 | F7 | Cm7 | F/G |



    Have fun! ;-)

    Final words

    I tried to transcribe as close as possible. Specially in the Guitar Pro file you'll find all this little extras!

    Cheers - Guido

    Technical specifications
    Guitar: Music Man Luke II
    Strings: D'Addario NYXL 009
    Audio Interface: Focusrite Saffire PRO 24
    Recording SW: Logic 10, several plugins


    Kemper Profiling Amp
    Matrix GT1000FX with ENGL 2x12" V30 (for monitoring)

    Profile used: Milk Twenty
    The profiles are available for purchase here:
    http://www.guidorist.com/en/product-category/kemper-amp-profiles/


    Standard Tuning E, A, D, G, B, E

    Tempo:102 BPM





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