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Basic Funk Groove 1
Try to tap this drum pattern as a preparation. Necks pointing up are snare drum – tap with the treble hand, necks pointing down are bass drum – tap with the bass hand.
This is a basic Funk groove in 4/4 based on a simple I-V cycle and the above rhythmic pattern. The first measure is a D7#9 chord the second measure a A13. As throughout this material practice the upper and lower staff alone at first. On many of these grooves we try to imitate a drum pattern where the bass hand acts as the bass drum and the treble hand acts as the snare.
Basic Funk Groove 2
Again prepare by tapping the snare/bass drum pattern beforehand.
Another Funk groove in 4/4. Again a I-V cycle. Here it’s C7#9 in the first measure and G13 in the second. This is a fairly syncopated affair. For variations you have to again think like a drummer and let the bass notes assume the role of the bass drum and the chords the snare.
- Stick Lesson 8
I like this tribal bass line. If you can manage the fifths in the bass on the last four beats of each measure sound great if you slide them.
- Stick Lesson 7
This groove is sorta latin in 7/4. You can try the bass part by itself first. For me it only grooves if I hit the off beats with my treble hand – of course you can only hit the strings without sounding the pitches.
- Stick Lesson 6
A little melodic etude, based on Stick Lesson 5. Note that the chord symbols are for the basic harmony and don’t reflect the voicings which contain quite a few 9ths, 11ths ! 13ths.
- Stick Lesson 5
I came up with this while fooling around with effects. The bass line almost sounds like quarter note triplets.
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