Funk Masterclass: Intermediate

What’s it about?

Upgrade those funky chops by building on foundational ideas.

Fast, challenging rhythms that combine both chords and single note lines, to create exciting toe tapping ideas that you can incorporate into your own playing.

Take a lot of what you know, and a great deal of what you don’t, and play bopalicious funk across the full fretboard.

What are “Play with Exercises”?

Luca shows you what to play, and you play it. As you take turns over the same backing, you’ll be challenged to come in on time and stay on it, with a real musical setting.

What will I learn?

You will learn how triplets can give your playing an “on edge” life of its own and how to nail the art of using them.

Combine chords with single note lines, smoothly jumping from either style of playing so you can build grooves and melodies with a more varied approach.

Finally, you will develop on the basics, with more adjustments in rhythm, faster grooves and with a more technical approach.

What techniques are covered?

Like the beginner volume, rhythm is at the core of this release. However every single aspect of those technical approaches is dialled up. This volume is built around…

• Strumming muted strings
• Right hand mutes
• Left hand mutes
• Slides

What theory is covered?

A lot of funk is about feel, so the theory side of this centred around timing and rhythm. Whether it’s in the exercises, the licks, the etudes or the “Play with Exercises” your task is to stay in the groove, and the theory on hand will help that groove shine.

• Triplets
• Key funk chord progressions
• Syncopated rhythms
• Pentatonic scale
• Swing and straight time-feel

Who is it for?

So you’ve been seeing funk for a while. You know its ins and outs and feel like you want to take the next step. You want to get serious. Well, this is the Masterclass that will help make it happen.