Intermediate
Funk: Intermediate (6 weeks)
Tight sixteenth-note scratching, ninth chords, stabs and single-note lines that lock onto the one. For players who know their open chords, barre shapes and box 1.
Week 1: Sixteenth-note scratching
4 sessions
Week 1: Sixteenth-note scratching
4 sessionsSession 128 min
- Sixteenths with spaceSixteenths and accents55 bpm · 5 min
- Read: Sixteenth-note scratching8 min
- Muted sixteenths, down-up-down-upSixteenth-note scratching60 bpm · 8 min
- Em7 hits inside the scratchSixteenth-note scratching70 bpm · 7 min
Session 227 min
- Four per noteAlternate picking60 bpm · 5 min
- Muted sixteenths, down-up-down-upSixteenth-note scratching65 bpm · 8 min
- Em7 hits inside the scratchSixteenth-note scratching75 bpm · 8 min
- Chords on 1 and 3, chucks on 2 and 4Sixteenths and accents60 bpm · 6 min
Session 328 min
- Sixteenths with spaceSixteenths and accents60 bpm · 5 min
- Em7 hits inside the scratchSixteenth-note scratching80 bpm · 8 min
- Muted sixteenths, down-up-down-upSixteenth-note scratching70 bpm · 8 min
- 3-3-2 accentsSixteenths and accents60 bpm · 7 min
Session 427 min
- Four per noteAlternate picking65 bpm · 5 min
- Muted sixteenths, down-up-down-upSixteenth-note scratching75 bpm · 8 min
- Em7 hits inside the scratchSixteenth-note scratching80 bpm · 8 min
- Chords on 1 and 3, chucks on 2 and 4Sixteenths and accents70 bpm · 6 min
Week 2: Ninth chords
4 sessions
Week 2: Ninth chords
4 sessionsSession 128 min
- Muted sixteenths, down-up-down-upSixteenth-note scratching75 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Read: Ninth chords8 min
- 🔒 E9 with sixteenth scratchesNinth chords70 bpm · 8 min
- Em7 hits inside the scratchSixteenth-note scratching85 bpm · 7 min
Session 228 min
- Muted sixteenths, down-up-down-upSixteenth-note scratching75 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 E9 with sixteenth scratchesNinth chords75 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Slide into E9 from a half step belowNinth chords70 bpm · 8 min
- Em7 hits inside the scratchSixteenth-note scratching85 bpm · 7 min
Session 327 min
- Muted sixteenths, down-up-down-upSixteenth-note scratching80 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Slide into E9 from a half step belowNinth chords75 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 E9 with sixteenth scratchesNinth chords80 bpm · 8 min
- 3-3-2 accentsSixteenths and accents70 bpm · 6 min
Session 428 min
- Muted sixteenths, down-up-down-upSixteenth-note scratching80 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 E9 with sixteenth scratchesNinth chords85 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Slide into E9 from a half step belowNinth chords80 bpm · 8 min
- Em7 hits inside the scratchSixteenth-note scratching90 bpm · 7 min
Week 3: Partial chords and stabs
4 sessions
Week 3: Partial chords and stabs
4 sessionsSession 128 min
Session 228 min
- Em7 hits inside the scratchSixteenth-note scratching90 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Short E, A and D stabs with restsPartial chords and stabs75 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Stabs mixed with scratchesPartial chords and stabs70 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Slide into E9 from a half step belowNinth chords85 bpm · 7 min
Session 328 min
- Muted sixteenths, down-up-down-upSixteenth-note scratching80 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Stabs mixed with scratchesPartial chords and stabs75 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Short E, A and D stabs with restsPartial chords and stabs80 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 E9 with sixteenth scratchesNinth chords90 bpm · 7 min
Session 428 min
- Em7 hits inside the scratchSixteenth-note scratching90 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Short E, A and D stabs with restsPartial chords and stabs85 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Stabs mixed with scratchesPartial chords and stabs80 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Slide into E9 from a half step belowNinth chords90 bpm · 7 min
Week 4: Hitting the one
4 sessions
Week 4: Hitting the one
4 sessionsSession 128 min
- Muted sixteenths, down-up-down-upSixteenth-note scratching80 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Read: The one8 min
- 🔒 Big E9 on the one, sparse afterThe one70 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Stabs mixed with scratchesPartial chords and stabs85 bpm · 7 min
Session 228 min
- 🔒 E9 with sixteenth scratchesNinth chords90 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Big E9 on the one, sparse afterThe one75 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Two-bar groove built around the oneThe one70 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Short E, A and D stabs with restsPartial chords and stabs90 bpm · 7 min
Session 328 min
- Em7 hits inside the scratchSixteenth-note scratching90 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Two-bar groove built around the oneThe one75 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Big E9 on the one, sparse afterThe one80 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Stabs mixed with scratchesPartial chords and stabs90 bpm · 7 min
Session 428 min
- 🔒 E9 with sixteenth scratchesNinth chords90 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Big E9 on the one, sparse afterThe one85 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Two-bar groove built around the oneThe one80 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Slide into E9 from a half step belowNinth chords90 bpm · 7 min
Week 5: Single-note riffs and octave lines
4 sessions
Week 5: Single-note riffs and octave lines
4 sessionsSession 128 min
- Muted sixteenths, down-up-down-upSixteenth-note scratching85 bpm · 5 min
- Read: Single-note riffs8 min
- Open-position riff in E minor pentatonicSingle-note riffs60 bpm · 8 min
- Seventh-position riff in E DorianSingle-note riffs60 bpm · 7 min
Session 228 min
- Octaves from the low EOctaves80 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Read: Octave lines8 min
- 🔒 Octaves on E, G, A and BOctave lines60 bpm · 8 min
- Open-position riff in E minor pentatonicSingle-note riffs65 bpm · 7 min
Session 328 min
- Em7 hits inside the scratchSixteenth-note scratching95 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Sixteenth octave groove with ghostsOctave lines60 bpm · 8 min
- Seventh-position riff in E DorianSingle-note riffs70 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Big E9 on the one, sparse afterThe one90 bpm · 7 min
Session 434 min
- Octaves from the low EOctaves85 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Octaves on E, G, A and BOctave lines70 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Sixteenth octave groove with ghostsOctave lines65 bpm · 8 min
- Open-position riff in E minor pentatonicSingle-note riffs75 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Two-bar groove built around the oneThe one85 bpm · 6 min
Week 6: Pentatonic licks and the full groove
4 sessions
Week 6: Pentatonic licks and the full groove
4 sessionsSession 128 min
Session 228 min
- 🔒 Octaves on E, G, A and BOctave lines80 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Slides, hammers and double-stopsPentatonic funk licks60 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Short lick in E minor pentatonic, 12th positionPentatonic funk licks70 bpm · 8 min
- Seventh-position riff in E DorianSingle-note riffs80 bpm · 7 min
Session 334 min
- Em7 hits inside the scratchSixteenth-note scratching95 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Slides, hammers and double-stopsPentatonic funk licks70 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Two-bar groove built around the oneThe one90 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Sixteenth octave groove with ghostsOctave lines80 bpm · 7 min
- Open-position riff in E minor pentatonicSingle-note riffs85 bpm · 6 min
Session 439 min
- Muted sixteenths, down-up-down-upSixteenth-note scratching90 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Short lick in E minor pentatonic, 12th positionPentatonic funk licks80 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Slides, hammers and double-stopsPentatonic funk licks80 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Big E9 on the one, sparse afterThe one95 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Two-bar groove built around the oneThe one95 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Stabs mixed with scratchesPartial chords and stabs95 bpm · 6 min