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Funk Guitar Lesson – Rhythm and Lead – LEG004

This lesson shows you how to play a simple funk rhythm and three separate funk lead parts. The lead parts are incredibly basic, but I wanted to show you how to take a simple lead part and repeat it over and over again to get a really cool groove effect. Obviously with the jam track you can start to make up your own as well - so don't just rely on these... use them as examples, but then try to create your own. Just focus on trying to find a repeatable groove, that's one of the secrets to funk … [Read more...]

Reggae Guitar Rhythm Lesson – LEG015

In this lesson I'll show you how to play a typical reggae style rhythm guitar part. The most important part of this lesson isn't necessarily learning to play reggae, but it's the left hand muting effect that you'll learn, because that be used in all style of playing from blues to jazz. In the beginning you'll want to be sure to practice getting the rhythm down slowly and then over time you'll be able to work up to playing with the jam track. This lesson is intended for beginners - advanced and … [Read more...]

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