Basic Funk Chords (Guitar Lesson RH-021) How to play

pipsqueek14 Says:

Jun 7, 2011 - lol.

pumukellll Says:

Jun 11, 2011 - where can i find "songs" or jams like the stuff justin plays at after saying take it away justin, its awesome!

zmaners96 Says:

Jun 16, 2011 - listen to blood sugar sex magik by the red hot chili peppers its a really good album and its all funk basically... very good.

pumukellll Says:

Jun 17, 2011 - will do it, thanks for the tip :D

theclockster Says:

Jun 26, 2011 - Very nice playing and a very good lesson...thx mate!Also, a killer guitar sound!

jroxx11211 Says:

Jul 10, 2011 - NICE AXE!!!

asisorfree Says:

Jul 13, 2011 - what the fuck is wrong with Youtube lately.. i can't even watch like 80% of the videos.. half aren't viewable in australia for some fucked up reason even if it's made in australia and the other half wont bloody load.. Youtube has turned to shit.

117lnx Says:

Jul 22, 2011 - Julia Gillard.

diln5 Says:

Aug 16, 2011 - This is funking awesome.

MrConnorJordon Says:

Aug 20, 2011 - wow that's quite the selection of pickups on that tele

AreYouLadiesman237 Says:

Aug 21, 2011 - looooooooool everytime he says the word 'funk' i crack up thanks to you.

csanderson7850 Says:

Sep 24, 2011 - ouch, that e9 with the ring finger barre is painful

easySTPeezy Says:

Oct 30, 2011 - @psychoactivepaper your right. but what this guy says is the E9 chord is actualy the E7#9

lajack07 Says:

Nov 13, 2011 - @VoodooChildJohn7No, it's an E7#9 chord but you're thinking about an Em7 chord. They're not the same and there is a very audible difference. E7#9 is a major chord with the inflections of a minor chord making it sound rather dissonant (see Purple Haze for an example). Em7 is a just minor seventh chord. A E7#9 is composed of E, the root note, G#, the major third, D, the minor seventh, and G, the minor third. Em7 is E, G, and B, the perfect fifth, and D.

lajack07 Says:

Nov 13, 2011 - @BlueJimi1I believe a sus4 chord implies there is no third. The notes kinda clash when put together in a chord.

lajack07 Says:

Nov 13, 2011 - @ChoppiProductionsThat's not totally true. If thinking of them as major or minor helps you understand it better, more power to you. Funk chords are really neither major or minor.They usually imply either a Mixolydian or Dorian mode. Modes kinda have to do with starting the major or minor scale from a different note. Maybe Wikipedia can explain it better and go more in depth than I can in 500 char or less. But again, if you understand it as major or minor, don't let me confuse you.

bondmaxbondrock Says:

Dec 4, 2011 - are these chords movable shapes? I'm pretty sure they are but just wanna be sure. thanks a lot, another great lesson!

MrLangegek Says:

Dec 24, 2011 - WHAT. FUNKY SHIT

mariesalas1 Says:

Jan 4, 2012 - thank you! Nice tutorial. 

zTampa1337 Says:

Jan 4, 2012 - that's correct. you move the 3rd up a semi-tone, making it a 4th instead :)

jaemoon2 Says:

Feb 17, 2012 - hey that's almost the prince guitar xD

ambroisevalet Says:

Feb 17, 2012 - thanks for tht nice fuck lesson

topline313kaat Says:

Apr 5, 2012 - Justin, you make the music live on into the next generation

ThaFacka Says:

Apr 18, 2012 - I have the same baldness as you!

thattswhatshesaid Says:

May 19, 2012 - I really wish guitar lessons would post diagrams of the chords as well as explaining them