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100 Essential Funk Grooves for Guitar
$19.99
100 Essential Funk Grooves for Guitar teaches you to play in the style of the Funk legends… from Jimmy Nolen (James Brown) to Nile Rodgers through to Cory Wong and Adam Smirnoff. 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.
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Ready To Get Funked Up?!
Nothing teaches more about playing “in the pocket” grooves than Funk guitar! And 100 Essential Funk Grooves for Guitar teaches you to play in the style of the Funk legends… from Jimmy Nolen (James Brown) to Nile Rodgers through to Cory Wong and Adam Smirnoff.
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.
A Journey Through the Timeline of Funk Guitar
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.
You’ll nail the grooves of:
- James Brown-era Funk – Jimmy Nolen, Catfish Collins, Cheese Martin
- Swamp Funk – the New Orleans connection of Leo Nocentelli
- 1970s RnB Funk – Leroy Bonner, Tony Maiden, Steve Cropper, Hamish Stuart/Onnie McIntyre, Bruce Conte
- Funk Soul – Curtis Mayfield/Skip Pitts, Sly/Freddie Stone, Wah Wah Watson, Ernie Isley
- Disco Funk – Nile Rodgers, Claydes Charles Smith, Al MacKay
- Funk Rock – P-Funk, John Frusciante, Nuno Bettencourt
- Modern Funk – Adam Smirnoff/Eric Krasno, Mark Lettieri, Cory Wong
The Recipe for Perfect Funk Guitar
We all know a great funky guitar hook when we hear it, but what makes it so compelling?
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:
- Learn the chicken scratch technique of Jimmy Nolen
- Discover stripped-down chord fragments for authentic tone
- Master the art of funky syncopation with left/right hand muting techniques
- Learn how to create guitar parts that always sit in the pocket
- Master the Afro-Cuban grooves that underpin all Funk
- Discover Mark Lettieri’s dextrous Gospel chord chops
- Nail Cory Wong’s chromatic 3rds, palm-muting and thumbed double-stops
Become the Ultimate Rhythm Guitarist
100 Essential Funk Grooves for Guitar 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.
Bonus 1: Get a FREE download of 100 original audio examples, PLUS a set of backing tracks created by studio session pros for you to jam along to.
Bonus 2: Get our stunning 21-hour “Funk Odyssey” Spotify playlist to accompany the book. Hear every tune referenced in the book, plus hundreds more.
Buy 100 Essential Funk Grooves for Guitar today and quickly start funkin’ out in every way!
Reasons to Buy From Us
Over 1,000,000 happy customers.
No joke – and not a word of a lie, we’ve sold over a million music tuition methods on Amazon.
Over 10,000 5* Reviews
Our books are consistently the best-selling music titles on Amazon and have received tens of thousands of positive reviews.
Get every example in your book as an audio file – for free!
Reading from your screen is one thing, but learning music is all about hearing it in action. Every book contains a link to download every example and backing track right to your computer
Instant Delivery
Every book is delivered via download and email as soon as you hit buy now.
Learn from legendary musicians
We publish books by the greatest and most influential musicians in the world.
“Whenever I teach students, I ask them about what books they have and they always like the books from Fundamental Changes. You guys have a great reputation! And, of course, I thank you for the opportunity to publish my own book – you did it so well!”
Mike Stern
“I’ve published eight books with Fundamental Changes and each one beautifully teaches a different element of my musical voice on guitar”
Dr Martin Taylor MBE
“The artists you work with, and the quality of your work speaks for itself.”
Tommy Emmanuel
“Wow! You guys work hard and the material you produce is great!”
John Patitucci
“I wish these books had been available when I was learning to play. I can’t recommend them highly enough!”
Ulf Wakenius
“I can’t believe all the great books you’ve published!”
Jennifer Batten
“These books are great! You guys really know your s**t!”
