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100 Essential Funk Grooves for Guitar

£14.99

Master the styles of the Funk legends - from Jimmy Nolen to Cory Wong

"This book is chock full of fun rhythms and useful tips as well as techniques to improve your playing and sound. It's very detailed and covers a range of eras and artists. I now use it in all of my practice sessions. Very happy with my purchase"

"This has been such a great book - clear, concise and with some great background info on all the players. I've been using it in my lessons - the accompanying backing tracks have been amazing for helping my students learn about rhythm and improv - bravo!"

"It's almost impossible to find guitar books that discuss my favourite guitar players, who are Nile Rodgers, Paul Jackson Jr and David Williams and this book has a chapter for each of them! The content is very good as is the audio that goes with the book. The examples seem true to the styles of the individual players discussed in the book. Highly recommended.'

"If you're interested in building up the fundamental understanding of how and why funk grooves work and where they come from, I recommend this book." If you want to write your own funk grooves and need building blocks to work with, I recommend this book. If you're less interested in the background and integration of ideas, and just want a great big pile of groove ideas to bring to jam sessions, I recommend this book.

"Great book with awesome exercises and supporting audio'

"I have been waiting for a book like this one for years and now it's out there. Love it thanks!"

"I recommend this book to anyone trying to grasp funk guitar rhythm. Very cool grooves and perfect tracks to play along"

Description:

Master 100 essential Funk riffs and licks in the style of some of the greatest legends of Funk guitar

Embark on a Funk odyssey from the birth of the style with James Brown all the way to the present day
Study over 25 different player profiles and 8 different sub genres of Funk
Combine and personalise guitar riffs and licks into your own unique style
Get composing with analysis of rhythm, theory and compositional approaches
Get creative jamming over original backing tracks
Discover extensive biographies and essential discographies for every player.
Beautifully crafted studio quality backing tracks for EVERY example
Audio, Standard Notation and Tab

Are you struggling to come up with your own Funk rhythms or just don’t know the vocabulary?

Do you need a complete theoretical and technical breakdown of the grooviest riffs, licks and phrases?

Do you want to develop a never ending arsenal of Funk grooves that you can access in any situation?

WAH WAH WATSON STYLE

PAUL JACKSON JNR. STYLE

AVERAGE WHITE BAND STYLE

CHEESE MARTIN STYLE

100 Essential Funk Licks for Guitar goes beyond every other boring lick book and simple player pastiches and teaches you 100 essential Funk grooves in the style of the world’s greatest Funk guitarists…

Here's What You Get:

100 Funk Riffs & Licks that teach you the language of the guitar legends

Playing advice and a breakdown of every riff & lick; fingering, scale choice, chord shapes and performance notes
100 Backing tracks to make the music come alive while you develop your groove
Perfectly notated examples with tab and studio quality audio to download for FREE

Bonus One: Essential discography for every player

Bonus Two: Essential listening Spotify playlist

Bonus Three: Tips on phrasing, articulation and composition to help you make each riff/lick your own

Go Way Beyond ‘Traditional’ Guitar Lick Books

100 Essential funk Grooves for Guitar is different to very other funk guitar book available. It’s not simply a cold list of riffs and licks, it’s a breakdown of the playing styles the world’s most important Funk guitarists. You won’t just copy lines verbatim, you’ll internalise the language of the Funk guitar masters and incorporate it into your everyday playing.

Along with extensive biographies and equipment advice, the musical style and language of the greatest Funk guitar players is discussed and analysed within 5 subgenres of Funk, from James Brown’s iconic Funk to the modern day.

Learn Funk Guitar Grooves in the Style of:

Jimmy Nolen, “Catfish” Collins, “Cheese” Martin, Leo Nocentelli, Leroy Bonner, Tony Maiden, Steve Cropper, Hamish Stuart/Onnie McIntire, Bruce Conte, Curtis Mayfield,Skip Pitts, Sly & Freddie Stone, “Wah Wah” Watson, Ernie Isley, Nile Rodgers, Claydes Charles Smith, Al McKay, David Williams, Paul Jackson Jnr., Prince, P-Funk, John Frusciante, Nuno Bettencourt, Adam Smirnoff/Eric Krasno, Mark Lettieri, Cory Wong.

Learning Funk grooves from paper is one thing, but once you hear how to apply them in your own playing, they become music. 100 Essential Funk Grooves for Guitar contains 100 supporting audio examples and backing tracks to help you get inside the music and quickly apply each intro in any real musical situation.

Buy it now to bring the authentic language of the Funk legends into your playing.