Anyone know of some good funk riffs for me geet
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Had the guitars for years but I'm a slow learner
Fed up with "House of the rising soddin' sun" etc, and now having picked guitar up again would like to have a go at some James Brown/Nile Rogers type funk....trawled the net but the few riffs/chords I've found sound nothing like.
Also anyone know how to get that tinny/scratchy funk sound on a strat linked to a Fender blues junior.
Many thanks guys.
Kenny
Fed up with "House of the rising soddin' sun" etc, and now having picked guitar up again would like to have a go at some James Brown/Nile Rogers type funk....trawled the net but the few riffs/chords I've found sound nothing like.Also anyone know how to get that tinny/scratchy funk sound on a strat linked to a Fender blues junior.
Many thanks guys.
Kenny
Sex Machine is a classic one. Play that funky music is also , well, funky, if overplayed. Listen to some Tower of Power for some great funk guitar. What is hip is phenomenal, so is squibcakes. The Meters have some phenomenal stuff as well, Cissy strut, people say etc. For something jazzier check out some John Scofield, might be out of reach for now if you're a novice, but funk tends to be rhythmically demanding and harmonically simple, so depending what your strengths are you might be okay.
Scofield's "Chanck"
TOP's What is Hip?
The Meters Cissy Strut
James Brown Sex Machine
Wild Cherry Play That funky Music
ToP Squib Cakes, strat bridge and middle tone for the comping
As far as getting that tone goes, you'll want either the middle, middle and bridge or bridge pickup of a strat with a nice clean sound, maybe a touch of dirt if you want a slightly more modern funk sound. The middle pickup will be a slightly chunkier sound, the mid-bridge that quacky sort of tone (like play that funky music) and the bridge a wonderful dry funky tone. As far as the eq goes on the amp, try bass 11 o'clock, middle and treble 1 or 2 o'clock, but this depends on the amp and what volume you're playing at. Technique wise keep a nice loose wrist in your right hand and be prepared to do a lot of muting in the left hand.
Scofield's "Chanck"
TOP's What is Hip?
The Meters Cissy Strut
James Brown Sex Machine
Wild Cherry Play That funky Music
ToP Squib Cakes, strat bridge and middle tone for the comping
As far as getting that tone goes, you'll want either the middle, middle and bridge or bridge pickup of a strat with a nice clean sound, maybe a touch of dirt if you want a slightly more modern funk sound. The middle pickup will be a slightly chunkier sound, the mid-bridge that quacky sort of tone (like play that funky music) and the bridge a wonderful dry funky tone. As far as the eq goes on the amp, try bass 11 o'clock, middle and treble 1 or 2 o'clock, but this depends on the amp and what volume you're playing at. Technique wise keep a nice loose wrist in your right hand and be prepared to do a lot of muting in the left hand.
Edited by Airbag on Friday 15th January 18:39
Edited by Airbag on Friday 15th January 18:47
Guys, many thanks,as for the tips to listen to the Sister Sledge tracks. I have to say that Nile Rogers is my number 1 all time funk guitar hero...........awsome.
Problem is for me is that his guitar seems to have chords that mine doesn't
I've found a couple of his riffs on the web but they are very basic and in all honesty sound nothing like........now if anyone knew where I'd find something accurate that I could really get stuck in to I'd be made up.
Many thanks for all replies and advice...............appreciated.
Kenny
Problem is for me is that his guitar seems to have chords that mine doesn't
I've found a couple of his riffs on the web but they are very basic and in all honesty sound nothing like........now if anyone knew where I'd find something accurate that I could really get stuck in to I'd be made up.
Many thanks for all replies and advice...............appreciated.
Kenny
What you need to do is get some band-in-a-box to jam along to and just doing it over and over x 1000000.
Here's a very impressive D minor jam by a keys bloke. Same principle applies. Same key/chord all the way through.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbyQ-qGEpU0
Practice, practice, practice and keep at it. Jamming along is the way to go. Keep listening to stuff, record yourself, try (and this sounds f
king daft, but it's what a lot of jazzers do) and sing along to what you're playing. It will make your improvisation make more sense, rather than just "whank"
You get out what you put in.
Here's a very impressive D minor jam by a keys bloke. Same principle applies. Same key/chord all the way through.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbyQ-qGEpU0
Practice, practice, practice and keep at it. Jamming along is the way to go. Keep listening to stuff, record yourself, try (and this sounds f
king daft, but it's what a lot of jazzers do) and sing along to what you're playing. It will make your improvisation make more sense, rather than just "whank"You get out what you put in.
kenny.R400 said:
Guys, many thanks,as for the tips to listen to the Sister Sledge tracks. I have to say that Nile Rogers is my number 1 all time funk guitar hero...........awsome.
Problem is for me is that his guitar seems to have chords that mine doesn't
I've found a couple of his riffs on the web but they are very basic and in all honesty sound nothing like........now if anyone knew where I'd find something accurate that I could really get stuck in to I'd be made up.
Many thanks for all replies and advice...............appreciated.
Kenny
How are your sixteenth notes? A good way to get the feel happening is practicing some rhythm patterns and accenting/muting different notes, just to give you better control, ie: dxxx dxxx dxxx dxxx (1 e & a 2 e & a etc.) I don't have Finale on this computer or I'd post a proper lesson for you, sorry.Problem is for me is that his guitar seems to have chords that mine doesn't
I've found a couple of his riffs on the web but they are very basic and in all honesty sound nothing like........now if anyone knew where I'd find something accurate that I could really get stuck in to I'd be made up.
Many thanks for all replies and advice...............appreciated.
Kenny
Or come to Toronto and I'll give you a lesson.
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