Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes In this lesson, we’re going to work on three things: Developing your 16 note rhythmic prowess at different tempos. Feeling 16 notes to a metronome is considerably more challenging that 8th notes. The muting technique – playing all the strings without a single note or harmonic ringing out, giving…
Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes Okay, now we’re going to work on playing chords and adding muted strumming in-between. This exercise is designed to help you work on getting your muted notes perfectly silent while playing your chords flawlessly too. Always make sure that there is a clear difference or contrast between your muted…
Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes This lesson is similar to the previous one and works on the same aspects of your playing, except that it uses a different chord shape. You are not always going to be able to use the same fingers to mute the strings so you have to learn how to …
Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes This lesson is similar to the previous one and works on the same aspects of your playing, except that it uses a different chord shape. You’re not always going to be able to use the same fingers to mute the strings so you have to learn how to mute…
Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes Here’s yet another chord shape with a different required muting technique. Although you’re muting all the strings and your pick is technically going over almost all the strings, you want to focus on putting emphasis the bottom three strings for this one. That way the chord sounds a bit…
Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes Here’s yet another chord shape with a different required muting technique. Although you’re muting all the strings and your pick is technically going over almost all the strings. You want to focus on putting emphasis the bottom two strings for this one, that way the notes sound a bit…
Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes For this exercise, you’ll be using a very similar muting technique to the previous lesson. Although you’re muting all the strings and your pick is technically going over almost all the strings, you want to focus on putting emphasis the 3 string for this one. That way, the note…
Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes Okay, now we’re going to kick it up a notch! Now you have to practice changing notes/chords while still keeping all the strings muted. This exercise is designed to help you do just that. Mute all the strings using fingers 1 & 2, then use fingers 3 & 4…
Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes This is the 2 last exercises in the series. You didn’t think I would let you off that easily, did you? Muting the strings for this one is going to be tricky but practice hard and DON’T GIVE UP! It’s so rewarding once you can play this exercise well …
Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes Okay, here we go! Think of the final exercise in this series as the epitome of the strings muting technique. You have to change between 3 completely different chord shapes, requiring different muting techniques and you have to keep the strings muted while changing between these chord shapes. While …
Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes Hi everyone, and welcome to the 2nd module of Funk guitar by Guitar Excellence. Now that we’re familiar with the muting technique and feeling the 16th-note pulse, we’re going to start looking at some more in-depth rhythms. 16th note pulses work in groupings of 4 notes. In this lesson,…
Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes So, now that you’ve gotten a hang of feeling the different accents within a 16-note pulse, let’s take a look at our first funk rhythm. Our pattern goes as follows: “1-E-&-A-2-E-&-A-3-E-&-A-4-E-&-A”. The bold characters are the notes we’re going to accentuate for this lesson. Again, use the string muting…
Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes Our next Funk rhythm uses two quick down-up strokes right after one another – something you’ll find quite often in funk. This Funk rhythm pattern goes as follows: “1-E-&-A-2-E-&-A-3-E-&-A-4-E-&-A”. The bold characters are the notes you have to accentuate. Once again, use the string muting technique, which was covered…
Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes Our next Funk rhythm pattern goes as follows: “1-E-&-A-2-E-&-A-3-E-&-A-4-E-&-A”. The bold characters in are the notes you have to accentuate. Remember that you want to keep a consistent 16th note rhythm (i.e. constant 16th notes – not a single note missed). Even though some will be muted and some…
Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes For our next Funk rhythm pattern, we’re accentuating every 3rd 16th note, with one exception in the middle of the bar. It goes as follows: “1-E-&-A-2-E-&-A-3-E-&-A-4-E-&-A”. The bold characters are the notes that you have to accentuate. Once again, use the string muting technique to mute the notes that…
Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes Our next Funk rhythm pattern goes as follows: “1-E-&-A-2-E-&-A-3-E-&-A-4-E-&-A”. The bold characters are the notes that you have to accentuate. There is quite a long gap here where there aren’t any accents/chords being played. In long gaps like these, you want to still keep your internal down-beat accent going.…
Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes Our next Funk rhythm pattern goes as follows: “1-E-&-A-2-E-&-A-3-E-&-A-4-E-&-A”. The bold characters are the notes that you have to accentuate. Some rhythms will feel more natural than others. It’s all about what sort of music you listen to and have been exposed to throughout your life. Put in the…
Lesson InfoTabs & NotationSticking PointsTune-upMy Notes Our next Funk rhythm pattern goes as follows: “1-E-&-A-2-E-&-A-3-E-&-A-4-E-&-A”. The bold characters are the notes that you have to accentuate. Some rhythms will feel more natural than others. It’s all about what sort of music you listen to and have been exposed to throughout your life. Put in the…
