100 Essential Funk Grooves for Guitar

<h1>Ready To Get Funked Up?! </h1><p>Nothing teaches more about playing in the pocket grooves than Funk guitar! And <strong>100 Essential Funk Grooves for Guitar </strong>teaches you to play in the style of the Funk legends... from <em>Jimmy Nolen</em> (James Brown) to <em>Nile Rodgers </em>through to <em>Cory Wong</em> and <em>Adam Smirnoff</em>.</p><p>But don't mistake this book for a collection of simple player pastiches it's way more than that! It's a deep dive into each player's approach ideas and techniques. </p><p><strong>A Journey Through the Timeline of Funk Guitar</strong></p><p>Learning how the great Funk players built their parts will quickly improve your rhythm guitar palette and help you compose your own cutting-edge parts.</p><p>You'll nail the grooves of:</p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>·       </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>James Brown-era Funk</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> - Jimmy Nolen Catfish Collins Cheese Martin</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>·       </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Swamp Funk </strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- the New Orleans connection of Leo Nocentelli</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>·       </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>1970s RnB Funk</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> - Leroy Bonner Tony Maiden Steve Cropper Hamish Stuart/Onnie McIntyre Bruce Conte</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>·       </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Funk Soul</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> - Curtis Mayfield/Skip Pitts Sly/Freddie Stone Wah Wah Watson Ernie Isley</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>·       </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Disco Funk</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> - Nile Rodgers Claydes Charles Smith Al MacKay</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>·       </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Funk Rock</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> - P-Funk John Frusciante Nuno Bettencourt</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>·       </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Modern Funk</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> - Adam Smirnoff/Eric Krasno Mark Lettieri Cory Wong</span></p><p><strong>The Recipe for Perfect Funk Guitar</strong></p><p>We all know a great funky guitar hook when we hear it but what makes it so compelling?</p><p>In this book seasoned session player and BIMM tutor Steve Allsworth reveals the secret Funk sauce and teaches you the essential skills that create hypnotic guitar grooves:</p><ul><li>Learn the <em>chicken scratch</em> technique of <strong>Jimmy Nolen</strong></li><li>Discover stripped-down chord fragments for authentic tone</li><li>Master the art of funky syncopation with left/right hand muting techniques</li><li>Learn how to create guitar parts that always sit in the pocket </li><li>Master the Afro-Cuban grooves that underpin all Funk</li><li>Discover <strong>Mark Lettieri's</strong> dextrous Gospel chord chops</li><li>­Nail <strong>Cory Wong</strong>'s chromatic 3rds palm-muting and thumbed double-stops</li></ul><p><strong>Become the Ultimate Rhythm Guitarist</strong></p><p><strong>100 Essential Funk Grooves for Guitar</strong> also shows you how each player achieves their distinctive sound and gives a rundown of their guitars amps and effects. When you're ready to gig you'll sound totally authentic.</p><p><br></p>