10 Modules including fretboard skills, rhythm studies, important Funk bassists, tracks and much more!
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to Funk Bass and the players. It’s difficult to say what makes something feel funky, that’s why it’s important to check out as many players to really absorb the style. Playing funk is about the groove! We will look to the pioneers, from James Brown bassists and the Meters to Jamiroquai and Tower of Power. Like all the styles, Funk has a vocabulary, we will also look at all the scales, chords, grooves and rhythms you will need to know.
Learn everything you need to play Funk!
Private Lessons – 1:1 In presence & online course
9 Lectures
10 Modules
93 Lessons
34 Topics
10 Funk Bassists
40 Classic Funk Bass Lines
Private Online Folder
PDFs/Ebooks
Backing Tracks
Transcriptions
Playlist: Funk Bass
Course Details
Finger Fitness: Fingers Exercises to gain fluidity, independence and strength
Fretboard Skills: What Notes, Positions, Exercises, How to Practice, Triads, Pentatonic Scale & Quartal Approach, Blues scale, Major Scale and Intervals, Diatonic Arpeggios, Major Modes, Diminished Scale, Melodic Minor Scale, Patterns Application
Rhythm Studies: Exercises, Syncopation, Metronome & Time, Groove & Fills, Bass Line Improvisation
Technique: Articulations – Hands Position & Fingerstyle, Slides & Shake, Hammer On & Pull Off, Rake & Trill, Ghost Notes & Accents, Crossing Strings, Short Notes & Long Notes, Palm Muting, Double Stops, Funk Bass Tone, Slap
Applied Harmony: Type of Chords, Scales and Arpeggios options over Major, Minor and Dominant Chords, Diatonic Key Centres, Secondary Dominants, Tritone Substitute, Chord Subs.
In the Style of: Sound & Feel, Language, Bass Lines, Fills & Phrasing, Steal Like an Artist – Bernard Odum, Bootsy Collins, Larry Graham, George Porter, Bernard Edwards, Paul Jackson, Stuart Zender, Rocco Prestia, Randy Hope Taylor, Jaco Pastorius.
Soloing
How to build a solo, Concepts, Enclosures, Ornaments, Phrasing.
Songs Related: PlayAlongs
Module 1
Lesson 1: Technique – Hands Position & Fingerstyle
Lesson 2: Fingers Fitness
Lesson 3: Fretboard Skills – Major Triad
Lesson 4: Rhythm Studies – Half and Quarter notes
Lesson 5: Establishing the Groove & The One
Lesson 6: Groove & Patterns Application
Lesson 7: The Godfather of Funk
Lesson 8: In the Style of – Bernard Odum
Lesson 9: Songs Related
Module 2
Lesson 1: Fingers Fitness
Lesson 2: Technique – Slides & Shake
Lesson 3: Fretboard Skills – Minor Triad
Lesson 4: Rhythm Studies – Quarter and 8th notes
Lesson 5: Groove & Patterns Application
Lesson 6: Time Feel
Lesson 7: Clinton’s Dynasty
Lesson 8: In the Style of – Bootsy Collins
Lesson 9: Songs Related
Module 3
Lesson 1: Fingers Fitness
Lesson 2: Technique – Hammer On & Pull Off
Lesson 3: Fretboard Skills – Half Diminished & Augmented Triads
Lesson 4: Rhythm Studies – 8th and 16th notes
Lesson 5: Groove & Patterns Application
Lesson 6: Funk Blues
Lesson 7: In the Style of – George Porter Jr
Lesson 8: Songs Related
Module 4
Lesson 1: Fingers Fitness
Lesson 2: Technique – Rake & Trill
Lesson 3: Fretboard Skills – Pentatonic Scale & Quartal Approach
Lesson 4: Rhythm Studies – Triplets
Lesson 5: Repetitions & Variations
Lesson 6: Groove & Patterns Application
Lesson 7: Funk Rock
Lesson 8: In the Style of – Larry Graham
Lesson 9: Songs Related
Module 5
Lesson 1: Fingers Fitness
Lesson 2: Technique – Ghost Notes & Accents
Lesson 3: Fretboard Skills – Blues scale
Lesson 4: Rhythm Studies – Syncopation
Lesson 5: Groove & Patterns Application
Lesson 6: Slap – Fundamentals
Lesson 7: Disco
Lesson 8: In the Style of – Bernard Edwards
Lesson 9: Songs Related
Module 6
Lesson 1: Fingers Fitness
Lesson 2: Developing a Good Sound
Lesson 3: Technique – Crossing Strings
Lesson 4: Fretboard Skills – Major Scale and Intervals
Lesson 5: Groove & Patterns Application
Lesson 6: Metronome Practice
Lesson 7: Slap – Hammer ons and Pull offs
Lesson 8: Electro Pop/Funk
Lesson 9: In the Style of – Rocco Prestia
Lesson 10: Songs Related
Module 7
Lesson 1: Fingers Fitness
Lesson 2: Technique – Short Notes & Long Notes
Lesson 3: Fretboard Skills – Diatonic Arpeggios
Lesson 4: Playing with a Drummer
Lesson 5: Slap – Octaves with Hammers ons & Pull offs
Lesson 6: Groove & Patterns Application
Lesson 7: Applied Harmony – Major Chords
Lesson 8: Jazz/Funk
Lesson 9: In the Style of – Paul Jackson
Lesson 10: Songs Related
Module 8
Lesson 1: Fingers Fitness
Lesson 2: Building Speed and Chops
Lesson 3: Technique – Palm Muting
Lesson 4: Fretboard Skills – Major Modes
Lesson 5: Groove & Patterns Application
Lesson 6: Applied Harmony – Minor Chords
Lesson 7: Slap – Octaves, Hammer ons, Pull offs and Ghost notes
Lesson 8: Funk Fills
Lesson 9: Acid Jazz
Lesson 10: In the Style of – Stuart Zender
Lesson 11: Songs Related
Module 9
Lesson 1: Fingers Fitness
Lesson 2: Technique – Double Stops
Lesson 3: Fretboard Skills – Diminished Scale
Lesson 4: Groove & Patterns Application
Lesson 5: Slap – Double stops & Triplets
Lesson 6: Applied Harmony – Dominant Chords
Lesson 7: Synth Bass
Lesson 8: In the Style of – Randy Hope Taylor
Lesson 9: Songs Related
Module 10
Lesson 1: Fingers Fitness
Lesson 2: Funk Bass Tone
Lesson 3: Fretboard Skills – Melodic Minor Scale
Lesson 4: Groove & Patterns Application
Lesson 5: Slap – Scales for Slap
Lesson 6: Funk Soloing
Lesson 7: Nu Funk
Lesson 8: In the Style of – Jaco Pastorius
Lesson 9: Songs Related
