How everyone can play the FUNK! (beginner to PRO)
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- Опубликовано: 13 апр 2020
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A crash course in funk guitar playing. All the tricks to play the funk fly by in a fun but also very educational matter about one of the coolest genres for guitar: FUNK!
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Hi, my name is Paul Davids! I am a guitar player, teacher, producer, and overall music enthusiast from the Netherlands! I try to inspire people from all over the world with my videos, here on RUclips.
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4:44 - "You're doing absolutely great" - ... (staring blankly without a guitar in my hand) ... Thanks.
Somehow it still made me feel good though!
steven 😂
Lmao
Well I have pulled out my keyboard
Let's say it didn't work.
dying
Paul is the Bob Ross of funky guitars.
"There are no wrong notes, no incorrect order" - Paul Davids
*"There are no accidents"*
*- Master Oogway*
Try to check Brandon Acker, the Bob Ross of guitar
There are no incorrect notes, just cromatisms
I think he was quoting Victor Wooten
Lol! Yeah, stick to what you are good at!
The real mystery and lesson to learn is to be able to keep the time and beat while casually talking and discussing what you're going to play next... such a pro teacher!
Yea because people don't sing and play guitar 😂
@@Monkeypole that's hard also, but he have no ready text, just talking whatever he want not in beat of song
I love this dude, his calm and silky voice lets me know everything is going to be ok...
... until you try it and it all goes horribly wrong within 20 seconds!
@@Erny_Module HHHAAAHAHAHA YES !!!
then I pick up my guitar, I found they are all illusions.
And his beard looks silky smooth , or smoooooooothe
Could this guy be the bob Ross of guitar?.....
ME: enjoying the FUNK
MY BRAIN: Wait a minute, he's simultaneously talking and playing!
Gotta be even worse hence he is playing syncopated. May be he is a former banjoplayer. I'm kind of blown away!
Thanks Paul Davids!
Great sense on the beat.
And even more difficult, english is not his main language, he's dutch. Can you speak a foreign language and play guitar maintaining the rhythm? I sometimes can't do one, let alone the two.
Joshua Nnachi I can barely sing and play normal chords at the same time! Let alone, add accent beats, syncopate, add the pinky accents, add single line rhythms, and slide, all while talking a non native language. Amazing
Just like singing?
This is one of those things that make you go "I can totally play that!" then grab your guitar and realize you can't play ANY of that.
but you did grab guitar, so it's not complete fail :)
just watch his hand movement and you'll be fine
I remember how these funk rhythms confused me so much. Why? The muted ghost notes. IMO the advice "just add ghost notes in between" is really what makes it way more difficult than it is because when you hear them you tend to ignore them and just concentrate on the melody and that is the real issue. When you play them you absolutely need to be aware where they are and what rhythm they are in - just play them like regular notes. One needs to unlearn to hear just the melody and hear the ghost notes between.
You are so right
@@kkarx as kirk wahmett would say, "the notes in between are fuckin with me"
This is by far the most original approach at teaching music that I've seen. So cool. Everything is explained inn just the right amount of detail in about five minutes: Music Theory, Technique, Songwriting, Improvisation, Dynamics, Rhythm Playing
if you like this you should watch bernard purdie explain the legendary purdie shuffle
@@jammy3662 yeah, but trying to actually grab that not so easy...
(At least for me)
I agree. Playing along and building a groove - pause if you need to. A really refreshing change from most instructional videos. Brilliant actually.
“Strum up and down like there’s no tomorrow” epic line!
Paul: :"you're doing great"
Me half way through having a poo...
I shit while playing guitar
@@mariobrenes4264 adult diapers are amazing right?
holy fuck man, I'm literally shitting while writing this post after I saw the video while pushing as hard as i could go
Im really doing this right now, no joke
Shitters club member checking in! Ahoy, mateys!!
When you realize he played through the whole video without missing a beat
its a video xd
Dude's a legend
Yes!!!
IKR? I think he could read War and Peace aloud, in it's entirety, without missing a beat as he played.
Absolutely nailed it, absolutely awesome. Very, VERY clever. Just awesome.
Easily the best guitar teacher on the internet. I've been playing for 16 years and Paul has taught me more in 2 months than i've learnt in my whole life.
Nice
The ability of this guy to stack up useful content in the least amount of time is unsurpassable...This six minutes are a whole CATHEDRAL of knowledge. Amazing!!!
Me, doing terribly: :(
Paul: You're doing great.
Me: :)
😀
funk guitar is the best thing that human kind has ever invented
totally.
Search the Brazillian funk
Gotta agree Dave...its the dogs bollocks man
@@HenriqueLagemann no, DON'T DO THIS.
@@libniteles DO THIS RIGHT NOW, ITS AMAZING
Lot of people can play great on guitar. Not all can teach. You are a payer and a teacher. Thank you
Eternally grateful to you for this video as an older person. This is my favorite guitar lesson I've ever had. I now see I would be so much farther along as a guitarist if I had known how to study & had a good teacher when I was young. I had no help, & wasted a lot of time/ energy without answers. I was even feeling sick lately, with stomach stress when I thought of guitar, & wish I had not had so many setbacks, feeling my whole life is passing, etc (& I even studied a bit at my local college, with a teacher who said, "you may go the whole semester & never learn this' rather than caring enough to want to actually help, when worship music was always one of the most significant aspects of my life & I hoped to serve people through music. I've been limited in what I could bring to others). This brought me joy & some relief & a ray of hope.
Funky looks easy for some people, but man... this genre is good and nice to hear and actually hard.
Yeah, it's so precise
Muting is everything
The biggest pain is the harmonics sounding when you don’t mute properly, and then have to play specific notes
Incredibly helpful to practice, really works on rhythm and muting
VinsonNS So true. Syncopation is my problem
Me: Hey maybe I can..
My guitar: dont touch me!..
Hahaha good one x))
So funny lol 😂
My finger: no you can`t.
😆😆😆
@@user-jw1tv8on1w 看来国外也有，脑子：我行了 手：放屁！
The collars on my shirt grew four inches longer as I watched this video
I’ve never seen anyone approach a lesson like this. You’re actually teaching live methods in real time! And you seamlessly highlight pieces without missing a single beat.
This is wild!
Can we just appreciate how amazing he is to talk (teach) and play at the same time?
right?? I can't even play wonderwall while having a conversation, I either stop to talk or don't answer at all while staring blankly into the waiting face of the person trying to talk to me
He pauses his left hand most of the time to talk, but sure
@@abcrx32j which is great because he isn't talking over the notes
If that impresses you watch the Rob Scallon one take slap guitar vid! 👍
I can't wait for the "How to play death metal" episode!
tune your E string 8 octaves lower and play 16 notes on it
@@mateusz5872 that's djent
Tune down a whole step and burn down a church in Norway.
0-0-0-0-0---0-0-00-000--000--0-0-0-0-0-00-0-1-0
@@matthewr8502 Don't forget to scream while you're doing it.
A strong contender for the most fun 6 minute guitar lesson on RUclips. Really nicely paced to build up something pretty funky! As always thanks Paul, you're awesome
"We're missing one vital ingredient"... you sure are- BOOTSY, baby!!
Funk is the most fun. One day our band was sitting around after practice. I randomly started slapping the guitar, some rob scallon style slap stuff. Then my friend quickly joined in with some groovy chords and rhythms like yours. Our drummer quickly caught on, and did some sexy hi hat action with a consistent kick on the on beats, and our bassist pulled out a nasty slappy bass line. As soon as our keyboardist pulled out a funky bluesy synth solo, we were in the zone.
That must've been amazinggggggg! I gotta do that in our next practice!
My favorite part of music, anyone can do it! Just hop on in lmao
Exactly it's Funk ! Good experience !!
That’s awesome
normally this would sound fake to mevbut knowing how powerful music can be, i know its not
2:30 - 'How can a funk song have only one chord?'
James Brown: hold my chord
Fucking amazing!
@@bruzrkgro-malog2953 funking* amazing
These are my favorite lessons from your channel. I very much enjoy how you build from simple to complex.
Your videos always make me a better guitarist! whenever I feel stuck in my practice I watch your videos and I am through!
Lvl 1: Beginner
Lvl 2: Intermediate
Lvl 3: Advanced
Lvl 4: Paul Davids
Lvl 5: C O R Y W O N G
Glad I'm not the only one that thought that, once it really started going all I could think of was Cory
Volfpeck is actually motown
Great lesson! Building building!!!
Your selfteem is down , Buy one man
This is not a lesson ,this is your showing off
Please can you expand that series from blues and funk to other kinds like rock metal punk
Blues is the backbone to these genres. While they don't use everything blues has to offer, their bases are derived from blues, and then expanded into the genre as you know it today.
Jethro195 true, started with the blues and ended up in other genres
Paul has a video on Blues from this series already! From last year I think, check it out it's very good
Nikos Rouskas Punk is mostly power cords, not too much to explain there.
Whats to explain about rock metal and punk that isnt found in blues and funk?
i’ve been practicing the beginning patterns and feeling giddy about finally being able to play a little funk! thank you!
I've always liked Paul's videos...but watching him build this one step at a time and how well it pulled all together while explaining it step by step, it's just amazing. Just awesome!
Hey Paul I'll turn 17 in 2 weeks and I have to say that you're lessons are so good and JUICY. Cheers from Italy. CIAO
Dont waste your time kiddo, man I wish I was 17 again
Bella ciao
@@pouyan_m Stay Safe Buddy Congrats! And enyoy! A lot man time flies! Tones (if you know what I mean) of love to you and your country.
Pouyan M he isn‘t, as long as he spends time on this channel
@@ferramirez4570 thanks man You made my day ♡ all the best wishes to you too
Please do this for all styles. I’d love a simple jazz one!
there is no simple jazz I guess
Yeah jazz is harder to make a quick video about unfortunately
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@basicbreakfast why are you laughing at him?
@@Jay-lr3me why do you care
This was absolutely incredible, thank you for teaching this. Took me a hot minute to pick it up but as they always say "Practise makes perfect."
Keep up the great work!
NICE tutorial Paul. I loved the way you were talking everybody to the funky style while you were playing it at the same time, smoooooth!
James Brown: this tune is called "The Funky Dutchman"
Funky Dunglish.
Hilariously I can hear JB saying it in my head.
That must be the inspiration for Vulfpeck's Funky Duck because it has the same vibe!
The Flying Funkman
Finally found the right terminology, syncopation. Amazing sir. From start to finish, no boring introduction. Thank you.
Paul, this is such a terrific resource! I’ve shared it with several of my students and they are OBSESSED!
I thought he's gonna actually teach me, but he just flexing :D
Do what the rest of us do and just watch his hands and listen youll nail it with trial and error
... for free ;)
he explains everything perfectly
I am not going to ruin this 69 likes
@@Skippy-id9yt you know ahXD XD explains? For what!? just see and try, error? Try again, that's all;v
Playing and talking at the same time reached John Mayer levels here... so impressive!
I love the way he also spoke along the beat. Making this lesson video unnecessarily intense, but easy to follow.
The way you explain what you do is simply perfect! It looks so easy..... You are a Master!
"How can a funk song only have one chord? Very strange, right?"
No, not really.
Omds that's what I thought! Least strange genre for one chord wonders
Well it gets boring, at-least to me
@@devanshshukla8857 ehh u gotta get creative with it
The brazilian funk has no chords lol
funk sounds good in 1 chord too lol
Me: damn, that looks easy, I should give it a try
also me: miserably failing
Tapping into your love of playing the guitar is pivitol to your teaching Paul. This has to be one of the finest guitar lessons I've ever seen on RUclips.
After years of playing acoutic, I have finally switched to electric. In my arsenal I have a 1989 Vester Stage Series, the Fender lawsuit version. A Boss Katana mini amp, a Rowin Flanger and a Plexion distortion pedal.
Awesome lesson dude, straight and to the point for the intermediate guitarist, live example throughout, short and direct details, well done!!
This lesson is on my top 3 videos I ever watched out of thousands.
Simply amazing. I've needed this lesson so bad!
Super fun. Amazes me the way he can talk and not miss a beat. That's not easy. This cat is truly a professional.
@@johnmcaleese8459 Best teacher on YT, not to mention he's a great musician and seems like a good guy. I'd love to hang out with Paul and jam.
@@tonypoore440 He is brilliant. Just look at the studio he built. Yeah, he's something else for sure man.
Definitely would love to hang with that cat!! For like 2yrs. Lol!
Peace.
The most entertaining tutorial I`ve ever seen. I can`t play any of it, but it`s really good to watch.
That is astonishing - the elegant simplicity of how you build it up step by step.
So beautifully laid out. So much info in such a short time. You are a great teacher. Thanks.
Imagine taking personal lessons from him and he starts doing this. Unbelievable man.
Really cool funk introduction. As someone who's never really played that style before I'm definitely intrigued
Thanks for the guidance! Instructive and entertaining as always!
Wow! That's one of the best funk guitar lessons I'v ever seen onRUclips. It is so much fun to learn with you - especially your enthusiasm comes across so well and really infected me!
Love these kind of vids! Explaing while you play is so entertaining and informative! Great vid Paul!!
You are simply the best music teacher I’ve ever witnessed. So clear. So good, that’s why I’m your Patreon!
i thought this would be for bass but i watched it anyway and it was one of the best and most musical tutorials ive ever watched, well done!
This is a masterclass. I love it dude. So funky and precisely played.
THIS DUDE IS INSANE! I have been watching his channel sense 2017 and I have loved every video. He just seems to enjoy everything he does while also making some sick music. Trust me guys it's worth the sub!!
He's the best on YT by a country mile
First time I see this format on youtube. I really enjoyed the fast paced tutorial. It really helps if you are already familiar with the concepts but needs some guidance to glue everything together. For the less adepts, you're plugging your courses like a master. Hats off to you, that content is dope.
What he said
Yeah too bad this stuff is not in the course.
This excites me and it's really cool to see you smiling and having a good time... I think I found the genre I'd like to learn
damn the colour grading video quality and editing just gets better and better man. This was a joy to watch.
This was one of the best lessons I've seen in my life. Absolutely delightful. Thank you for sharing such nice tips in such an easy way!
i was playing along thinking “hey i’m better than i thought” and then i got about halfway through and realised i have no idea how to play a dominant 7 lol
Wow so much info and so easy to digest! Thank you!
I think that's actually a pretty great exercise to build your funk fundamentals.
It'll be frustrating for beginners to learn to whack the bass note and mute the other strings for 3 months, but it's pretty much the right place to start. And the steps afterwards are also in a pretty good difficulty progression. I'll try it myself !
I'm at the first day of the frustrating part.
😔🤘
@@theodorekaczynski2138 same does it get better 😭
@@Seanph25 It does get better
This type of "how to" video where it feels like it's one take is a format where your musicianship really shines. This one, and the fingerstyle blues one are so great. Thanks!
This was so amazing, so fun when you get really into it and start making your own variations!
You make everything sounds so good and attainable. Cool. Thank you as always!
The best funk tutorial I’ve ever seen
I express my most heartfelt condolences
@@ivanmoskvin7638
Share some tutorials that you like :)
I just funked my guitar so good.
Wow! This is THE MOST EFFECTIVE method of teaching I have come across! Thanks so much, hope to see more of this style of teaching!
This was honestly super helpful. Simple and easy to follow, loved it
Instruction how to summon James Brown.
I've been looking for a tutorial for a long time, but I haven't been able to find any better than this one! I never really imagined that I would use all the guitar strings, but now I'm really starting to get passionate about this musical genre. conveys a very positive vibe! Thank you very much! Continue!:))
Amazing video, so interesting how you layered it up. Very approachable and makes total sense. + Super cool track!
I made it all the way through all steps
I've been struggling with funk since 1997
and only in the last couple of years am I solid enough to realistically call myself a funk player just started looking at double stops and the like
but I never knew how easy albeit challenging it is to put all these elements together
definitely challenging but if you keep that right hand moving the single note lines sort of play themselves
it's a little tricky to palm mute so quickly but I think it will come with time
I would love to see more videos like this. This was an excellent lesson, great method, keeping the rythme going and gradually increasing the difficulty and intricacies. So much fun to be able to jam along with you whenever I feel like it now.
Once he adds the wah pedal, and the rhythm section, I just went “ungh!”.
This is the best short funk instruction video I’ve ever seen on RUclips. Great jib jongen
Watched a LOT of your videos - this is by far my favorite.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE your “how to play... (in a few simple steps)” series👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 the Blues one is sooo dope, this is too🙏🏽
This is one of the greatest lessons I've ever watched
Watching/listening to him talk us through it while playing put a smile on my face. Tooolll cooooll!
This interactive tutorial-style is such a great teaching method for me. Very awesome video, once again. Thank-you.
As someone who is 3 weeks into learning the guitar. I've found a new hero. Love this guy!
I adore ghost notes and I always play them without even thinking.
The usual excellence from Paul, great friendly teaching and attitude. Thanks mate.
I know absolutely nothing about the music lingo, but this video taught me so damn much! Well done Paul, you are by far the best teacher I've ever had!
I like how the single note became a masterpiece just while he is speaking
Amazing transition from basic to pro, you can see the advancement in real time. A fantastic overview of the process of learning and very helpful conceptually.
je m'en lasse pas, je le regarde en boucle et ça me rend heureux. Merci.
Damn you’re getting good. That was like meditation on top of teaching. Cheers brother, and thanks for another great lesson.
Waiting for you to do a livestream of you just jamming away, especially in this 'dark' times. Keep up the funks Mr. Davids
thumbs up!
Amazing video, thank you very much for this. Awesome creative approach, and very chill vibe throughout the whole video.
Your video is amazing. You explain every step until you get there. Now I know how to start practicing.
Congrats! 👏🏻
I really love these vids... You should call them play along series... Like the blues one you made earlier
What a great lesson. You have my patronage.
It's gold, Jerry, gold!