Play the COOLEST Funk Piano Solo

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LESSON SUMMARY
When most beginner piano students sit down at the piano, their main concern is usually limited to "play the right notes." And while notes are certainly important, intermediate and advanced students eventually turn a corner and come to understand that rhythms are just as essential—some would say even more essential—than notes. After all, what good are "the right notes" if you don't play the notes right? In today's Quick Tip, you'll learn how to groove "in the pocket" like a drummer as you play a funk piano solo reminiscent of Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock or Richard Tee. You'll learn cool funk piano skills like:

- The Blues Scale
- Funky 4ths
- Stacked 4ths
- 12-Bar Funk Blues Form

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:33 C Blues Scale
01:15 Funky 4ths - Beginner
03:00 Funky 4ths - Intermediate
05:13 Create Funk Lines
07:32 Play Over a 12-Bar Funk-Blues
09:25 Play through slowly
10:32 Play with backing track
11:22 Conclusion

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Happy practicing!
Jonny May

[PianoWithJonny]

00:00 Intro
00:33 C Blues Scale
01:15 Funky 4ths - Beginner
03:00 Funky 4ths - Intermediate
05:13 Create Funk Lines
07:32 Play Over a 12-Bar Funk-Blues
09:25 Play through slowly
10:32 Play with backing track
11:22 Conclusion

[nylophone]

He did again. Another amazing lesson from Jonny making something you never thought you'd be able to play seem easy to do and possible. Great stuff

[megaanderson]

excellent break down. i never really understood how people harmonized notes when soloing but your method seems to give me a more complete understanding.

[Maalox]

Thanks man, your illustration are very easy to understand and follow; i'm late beginner (54) but love music in general.

[alaincoppejans]

Very well explained and very useful for starters. Great work here!

[Critguards]

Thanks Johnny. Saucy and spicy lesson again!

[brendaboykin]

Thanx, Jonny. You just opened up a world for me. 😎🙌

[BradRadmusic]

Excellent teacher. It's a gift as well as the piano skills.

[igrosem]

It is really coolest! Thanks, Jonny! 👍

[ruwannaminda]

I just finished practicing with the jazz lesson.and then some blues with beat.now again feel to open up and play.
Oh you are a great teacher

[danielkroeger]

The BEST piano teacher in the world! The lessons are just amazing!

[mduduzingwenya]

Wow! Thats great exercise. I really enjoy it Jonny.

[winstonwolfe]

Great lesson, paying tribute to McCoy and Horace styles

[syperc]

That was very useful and well explained. Thanks Jonny!!

[karlmccreight]

Cool! I was looking for advice for playing funky rhythm piano without drums and, once again, I stumbeled over your channel. It wasn't really what I was looking for but hey-this is really good. And it's gonna give me some impulses for my rhythm piano. Gonna try this out for soloing after I have "completed" the assignnent I'm temporarely working on.
This is really exiting!! Thanks!

[zgoodhauer]

Jonny I took Intro to Public Speaking with you at FJC! Glad to see you're still at it; hope you're doing well

[RuthButlerMusic]

Very cool lesson! I also always thought the 4ths in the blues scale have that Classical Chinese sound🙏🏼🎶👏

[gregory]

The fourths sound like legendary jazz pianist Joe Sample!!!!

[claudedupras]

Sounds like something from the movie the Firm .Thanks I'll be playing it...IMPROVISING.