George starts off this easy funky rhythm guitar lesson by first performing the riff so you can hear how it should sound. This funk style riff is in the key of A and is based in the pentatonic scale ...

Learn the basic rhythmic theory used in playing funk guitar. Turn your guitar into a percussion instrument and master the muted scratching technique. Become comfortable with all 16th-note combinations ...

Often in funk, the guitarist's role is strictly rhythmic. It's less about shredding or melodies and more about adding a syncopated rhythm or some texture, and that means most of the work lies with the ...

Early funk is often associated with the Godfather Of Soul James Brown, who helped pioneer this style of dance music in the late '60s and early '70s. The ubiquitous use of syncopation (playing on the ...

Guitar skills: With dissonant chords and aggressive rhythm playing, the harder side of blues-rock overlaps into funk. The ‘7#9’ shape (shown here in F#) below is known as the Hendrix chord thanks to ...

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