See a pianist play soul funk piano in this free music lesson on video, with jazz piano tip
See a pianist play soul funk piano in this free music lesson on video, with jazz piano tips & techniques.
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Okay, there's a whole lot of videos of people playing their ass off on YouTube. I am here
Okay, there's a whole lot of videos of people playing their ass off on YouTube. I am here to show you that you don't need to be a crazed shredding monster to be funky. In fact, listen to the real guys on the albums, and they are mostly playing really simple shit, locked in tight so the groove takes over.
We are going to hit it with a one chord funk lesson. you are going to see several techniques in action. those techniques are: call and response, varying your entrances, mixing short and long notes, using your left hand to support your right, repetition, leaving space, and a little turn that adds something to the pentatonic minor scale.
Here's the thing: this is simple. You can do this. I'm going to make you learn one scale, but it is a _money_ _scale_. Get this one right and take it to the gig.
First part shows you the pentatonic scale and the one chord we'll use. I'll give you a short exercise to get this under the fingers. Then the beat starts and we'll lay out some simple but powerfully funky stuff, with notes to show you how it all works.
Go get the loop and play along:
http://music.linear1.org/mp3/b7-loop.mp3
Also: I know I'll eventually get this comment from some pointy-headed theory geek, so check it: I know that the #9 of a B7 chord is actually C double-sharp. But in this context, I deliberately use the enharmonic spelling D. That's being considerate of the audience. You and your theory professor can have a wry chuckle to yourselves.
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