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Funk Rock - Lesson Guide and Tab

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Players like Nuno Bettencourt, Jimi Hendrix and John Frusciante have one thing in common. They have
eliminates of funk in their playing and they all play rock. This is a great fusion of styles that  warrants
focused study.

Firstly you need to be able to count (and know why we count) all the examples separately and away from
your instrument. This is vital. Check Guitar Practiced Perfectly Software for detailed explanations of rhythm
perception.

Use video lesson one as a primer and make sure you can loop this idea with the correct rest period (musical
silence). This is essential to this style and even with the best played notes this style will fall apart if you can
not control the silence with the same authority. In short you need to be able to know how long you should
be silent for too.

The next four lessons add to this concept and things get much harder straight away (from example two
onwards), but again make sure you can count it first. Get it to sound as tight as you can. Remember the old
disco classic 'Freak Out' by Le Chic? That guitar part is still as cool today as it was when it was recorded in
the 70's, The rhythm is still appealing. This is the sign of a classic guitar part.

Getting The Sound

Clean sounds to very mild overdrive are the call of the day with this style. Try a Fender Twin, Marshall JTM45
or Mesa-Boogie 5:25. A good guitar such as a Fender Strat or Telecaster, or Gibson Les Paul or SG will sound
great.

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Essential Listening

Pornograffitti and III Sides To Every Story by Extreme.  Disco classics such as 'Funky Town' by Lipps Inc .
Cross Town Traffic by Jimi Hendrix uses some great Funk rock ideas.