I've been studying how to play funk for well over a decade, and I just couldn't break through. After watching this, I've become a master funksmith. Thank you so much!
boy, do i love lead solos. nothing beats playing a song on youtube then getting ur keyboard and just jamming to it! its the kind of thing where you just do really well when ur relaxed and in the zone, then after ur just like "wow i wish someone saw me do that" :')
sound really like Chank - John Scofield. Same bass line Same key The keyboard in this video plays the same as the guitar in Chank. Here is a link to the song: czcams.com/video/szE5MItNnUU/video.html
Omg that is Chank by john scofield. We played it in the band this year. Very fun to play a little bit hard to keep the rhythm at times, but recognized it as soon as you played the bass line.
Damn this was funky! I'm curious to know how you were able to switch instruments/sounds without having to change in between? And also how you were able to make it so that the last instrument didn't loop? I've been making videos similar to this although I have a very inefficient method for switching instruments and would love to find a better solution! Anyway you're an inspiration dude, keep up the good work ❤
I feel like he was probably using it as a midi controller and had the sounds ready (this is just a guess) and he was probably using a multi channel foot controlled (guessing this based on the bass loop going on longer than the previously recorded drum track) and that way he'd have a quick solution to dragging out specific parts of the loop and not looping the final sound effect in general (again just a guess and the approach I would have going into a setup like this)
As a beginner and not at all trained to teach this stuff, basically you just practice a lot of stuff and get general ideas that you like and kinda compress them(or don't) and just compile those bits into your solo. It gets really easy once you do it for a while, and a good exercise is listening to another person playing and trying to hear what they just played and play it yourself. You don't have to reinvent the wheel.
You just kinda "Haha, note go fast, sound good, brrrr." On a serious note, play around on a chord, keeping in mind to keep tension increasing throughout the phrase, and increasing tension throughout individual phrases for an overall build up to a grand resolution at the end. Functional harmony is nice to know, and in general, holding notes that really want to resolve, like a 7, then resolving a beat later, or on an offbeat. To have a strong resolution, you can hold it or play it hard and then rest until the end of the bar or so. Alternatively, you can play it for a slight resolution, then quickly move to another phrase, keeping the shaping of phrases while allowing for tension to continue rising. Play with expectations, do something that suggests the next note, then drive away from that and immediately back to it and resolve. At the beginning of the solo, you would probably want simpler and slower rhythms and become more complex and fast as you go on. Of course, all of these are general tips; the real answer is to mess around and find what you think sounds good.
never understood why improvising is not part of classical training, like it's literally the "don't learn it, understand it" part of music. The "learn every key signature and notation by heart before you play anything" part of classical music killed my will to play music in kindergarten
Can you create a long version of the loops you make in these videos? It would be great to try doing my own solo over them and learning from how you do it compared to how I do it.
Thank you! I know this may not be enough to make me able to create music, but whenever I talk to friends about wanting to know how music works, I just get silence… like how do I know which notes will work in a song… and other such questions… anyway, this was helpful, because whenever I try to make something sound funky, it just ends up boring and depressing… definitely not funk lol.
Please continue the 'How to play (genre) in a minute' series
I agree
I concur
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"repetition legitimizes" stop!! you've revealed our greatest secret!!
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as a guitarist, 0:34 this is 100% true
Next step is to trill a minor third while dropping the pitch
Who coulda guessed
That’s basically me when I run out of ideas while jamming with the guitar.
@@beepst Running out of ideas is the worst. When it happens to me I either get super cheesy or extremely random
I've been studying how to play funk for well over a decade, and I just couldn't break through.
After watching this, I've become a master funksmith.
Thank you so much!
I missread funksmith as a rathet rude word...
@@Luftmysza. ok...
Chill…It’s a family friendly channel
Oh wait…I misread sorry
Forged in funk!
I don't know what song this is... but it needs more cowbell!
its called Chank
Chank by John Scofield
i was literally just listening to prince and thinking “i wonder how to play funk piano” and foe reads my mind once again.
Definitely one of the most talented music memers out there
These are so good and entertaining. Keep up the amazing work!
This was a lot better than I was expecting it to be. Literally funk explained in one minute. Brilliant.
vulfpeck been real quiet since this dropped …
You make every minute count Foe!
I love ❤️ it! Thank you 😊 🙏😊👍🏼
The drums got so much groove, love it
those chords are giving me grazin in the grass vibes and I LOVE IT LOL
boy, do i love lead solos. nothing beats playing a song on youtube then getting ur keyboard and just jamming to it! its the kind of thing where you just do really well when ur relaxed and in the zone, then after ur just like "wow i wish someone saw me do that" :')
that's why I always have my phone recording, just in case I make something cool
Yo I love doing that thing
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Repetition legitimizes, so keep doing this series
sound really like Chank - John Scofield.
Same bass line
Same key
The keyboard in this video plays the same as the guitar in Chank. Here is a link to the song: czcams.com/video/szE5MItNnUU/video.html
I thought the same! I play it with my quartet and I was like "I know this one!"
Y’all might’ve answered the description :)) I was wondering
@@sophiaredwood5825 actually no, I haven't seen the description until now :-)
@@sophiaredwood5825 me too😂
I was looking for this comment before commenting the same thing!! 😂
This is absolutely amazing. I love funk!
Repetition legitimizes. Hilarious. Bravo. Gonna use that as life advice in the studio.
Sounds so cool...!
Omg that is Chank by john scofield. We played it in the band this year. Very fun to play a little bit hard to keep the rhythm at times, but recognized it as soon as you played the bass line.
Thank you human for making happy music sound. Enjoyment is complete.
Damn this was funky! I'm curious to know how you were able to switch instruments/sounds without having to change in between? And also how you were able to make it so that the last instrument didn't loop?
I've been making videos similar to this although I have a very inefficient method for switching instruments and would love to find a better solution! Anyway you're an inspiration dude, keep up the good work ❤
Yes please! How!!
Pretty sure that was accomplished through the magic of video editing
I feel like he was probably using it as a midi controller and had the sounds ready (this is just a guess) and he was probably using a multi channel foot controlled (guessing this based on the bass loop going on longer than the previously recorded drum track) and that way he'd have a quick solution to dragging out specific parts of the loop and not looping the final sound effect in general (again just a guess and the approach I would have going into a setup like this)
Multi channel foot controlled looper ***
Couldn't he have just played it all on one midi instrument (aside from the drum pads) and then changed the instruments/sounds in post?
as a classical musician, how do you improvise so fast
As a beginner and not at all trained to teach this stuff, basically you just practice a lot of stuff and get general ideas that you like and kinda compress them(or don't) and just compile those bits into your solo. It gets really easy once you do it for a while, and a good exercise is listening to another person playing and trying to hear what they just played and play it yourself. You don't have to reinvent the wheel.
You just kinda "Haha, note go fast, sound good, brrrr."
On a serious note, play around on a chord, keeping in mind to keep tension increasing throughout the phrase, and increasing tension throughout individual phrases for an overall build up to a grand resolution at the end. Functional harmony is nice to know, and in general, holding notes that really want to resolve, like a 7, then resolving a beat later, or on an offbeat. To have a strong resolution, you can hold it or play it hard and then rest until the end of the bar or so. Alternatively, you can play it for a slight resolution, then quickly move to another phrase, keeping the shaping of phrases while allowing for tension to continue rising. Play with expectations, do something that suggests the next note, then drive away from that and immediately back to it and resolve. At the beginning of the solo, you would probably want simpler and slower rhythms and become more complex and fast as you go on. Of course, all of these are general tips; the real answer is to mess around and find what you think sounds good.
just play a scale up and down lmao
never understood why improvising is not part of classical training, like it's literally the "don't learn it, understand it" part of music. The "learn every key signature and notation by heart before you play anything" part of classical music killed my will to play music in kindergarten
Git gud. Haha sorry I had to.
I'm loving this series
Can you create a long version of the loops you make in these videos? It would be great to try doing my own solo over them and learning from how you do it compared to how I do it.
I went on youtube right after making some funk and this is the first thing i see 🙃
Really nice video
I'm a session guitarist of over 15 years and can confirm we do that thing sometimes.
‘That thing guitarists like to do’
I feel so called out
This is brilliant!
Woohoo - straight into the stratosphere 👍
It's brilliant. I would say funk/jazz fusion. It sounds like the soundtrack of arcade video games (most likely Japanese) from the 90's.
It also sounds like Jamiroquai
Damn awesome man! Do you perhaps have a musicsheet for this? The bass and melody specifically.
This was amazing!!
Genius!
Great videos! I'm actually try to learn playing keys for my techno Jams 🎧💙🎉👌
😅not only very skilled playing, hilarious commentary. Well done!
A banger. Nicely done.
Lol.... love this!! ❤
I got a Fever... and the only prescription is... more Cowbell...
Loved the semantic satiation
Your videos are SO GOOD
ive fallen in love with this channel for sure
adam neely references are pretty great
You are fantastic, more videos like this Pliss. With latin music mi bro.
This series unironically explains the core concepts of the genres perfectly
"listen up, I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell"
Love the fact that you made this in D minor scale, James brown used it a lot
This reminds me of Transport Tycoon. I love it!
I was going unironically hard on that repetition
Amazing 👏 . What software do you use and how to do the loops? Thanks
i feel so enlightened!!!!!
I have been effectively disillusioned. Thank you.
thank you, this is what ill do for my class outro
This was awesome.
greatest solo ever
“And that’s Berklee first year funk!”
classical musician here! enjoy watching your vids
that is sooooo much better than brazillian funk, i feel blessed
The funk flow powerful in yours hands JB lives
I love how this is both a reductive parody and useful information
You just love taking all cliches of other CZcams channels and make it your own thing! Awesome stuff!!! 😎😎😎
Hello Foe: *memes*
Musicians: "omg you're a genius"
Epico
This goes well together with "Rules for techno"
Haha this is awesome dude
I got a fever, and the only prescription, is more cowbell!
Thank you! I know this may not be enough to make me able to create music, but whenever I talk to friends about wanting to know how music works, I just get silence… like how do I know which notes will work in a song… and other such questions… anyway, this was helpful, because whenever I try to make something sound funky, it just ends up boring and depressing… definitely not funk lol.
genius!
SUBSCRIBED.
amazing music
Repetition Legitimizes
Repetition Legitimizes
As soon as I heard the keyboard I was reminded of Chank by John Scofield
someone's been studying their Adam Neely
This mini series has some real potential
OMG 😳 AMAZING 💥🔥🔥🔥
Dope
Scofield, Medesky, Martin and wood approve this!!!!
You're a genius
Did someone order a 12" pizza.... **unzips**
*funk music plays*
Please do a video for Acid Jazz
lol love this and as a guitarist i am offended
This is sickkk
Can't get enough
the funk phenomena
Made my ears tickle.
Eyyyooo Chank with John Scofield one of the best songs ever made
Great
Those two chords are banging
the whole Nintendo office while creating the music for mario kart wii:
Just curious but how did you get into playing jazz and got any tips for getting good?
Just play Notes thats it
Strange. Playing this and a red bandicoot wearing denims and sneakers magically appeared.
for some reason,this gave me sonic mania studiopolis vibes
Feels like I am playing Transport Tycoon Deluxe
WOW. i've been missing out
u r too good xD
brazilian funk is:
1.drum snare snare. drum snare. xINFINITE
2. aleatory words with helium.
3. enjoy
more like "Drum snare snare. drum snare. drum drum snare snare"
Repetition does, indeed, legitimise
You legitimized the shit out of it, nice!