Funk Guitar Lesson, START HERE!

Just like you need to know Muddy waters or Jimmy Reed to know the blues, you have to know Catfish Collins to really get funk guitar.

Here is the birth of it all...Catfish Collins on "Sex Machine"!

00:00 Demonstration
00:52 Thesis
01:41 Introduction
07:47 Lesson
15:55 Wrap Up

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Thanks for watching!
Chris

[ScottFergusonPhD]

Fantastic video, Chris! I think it's your best work so far. You give clear and actionable things to work on all around a central theme supported by music theory (which you also explain very well). It's the easiest video for me to digest and put to use so far. Cheers!

[mdhonze]

And if you google this, make sure you include James and be laughing all day on that one. Love me some Funk...

[dnoH]

As a bass player, this is where my brain lives.. Thanks for this, Chris!

[willischeyltjens]

nice lesson Chris. I saw You play it with the bridge element .thx

[joeurbanowski]

Gimme dat funk..!!😎..played bass in a funk/Motown band.. was a blast..!
Great lesson, Chris..! Thanks!👍🏼❤️

[kevinmorris]

Very cool. Love the music but never tried to play it. Not sure why. Easy fingerings, but All feel. That's me.
Now you'll have me doing this all weekend. Thanks Chris.

[hball]

@15:48 Chris, I tried what you suggested and, by gosh, they DID dance! Great lesson!

[kdavis]

Love the funk!!! Bootsy and Catfish are essential! Mahalo for the most excellent lesson!

[christophervincent]

Oh man that is wild! I like funk too. I remember it back when I was very small.

[splashesin]

Yes! So happy! Thank you Chris❣️❤️ Thank you so much for this detail! 😊

[Chaletcreek]

Thanks for the funk groove and the Cory Wong mention. Funk immersion under way!

[joeym.delgado]

Thank you Chris! This was a great intro to Funk playing and I'm definitely going to add this playing skill into my tool box. I sound horrible now but I'll get better👍

[theclassicrock]

great guiter lesson of funk music.loved and enjoyed your lesson.thanks a lot for it.

[tone-glide]

Being able to cover different genre's is what a Master guitarist should be able to do... Learning from a Master Guitar player is what we all have the privilege of here!.., Great lesson and break-down of the chords and how they were approached back in the day! Growing up I listened to a different "Collins" .., Allen Collins, Guitarist of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Southern Rock was what my style of playing turned into. Having the ability to adapt to different styles is what will make us all better musicians. GREAT LESSON!!!

[joycegrove]

I was groovin' on down to this one Chris - I love a bit of funk!
So good to have the video demoing the muting technique 👍
I'm not going to google this, no way... 💀💀💀🤣🤣🤣

[AlonzoWhite]

Thanks, Man!! So appreciate your dive into my favorite genre.

[shannonjones]

Absolutely brilliant lesson! Great explanation of the parts! This is a lot harder to do correctly than it appears at first. Thank you very much! I’ll be ripping this one out on a regular basis!

[andersnybakken]

Nice lesson Chris! So simple, yet hard.. 😃

[chrispeleshenko]

This one had my wife dancing through the kitchen, thanks maestro (on a # of levels) ;)

[timsellsted]

Great lesson Chris! I was working on this from the studio lesson. The video helps! I've played this before....but not quite right. Thank a lot Chris!