10 killer funk riffs from the 70s!

Funky licks using single notes and dead notes.

Today we´ll have a tutorial on how to make a riff with the great heavy metal and hard rock resource, the pedal note.

A collection of different runs and fret spanning solutions for playing over beats that require us to use multiples of 4.

Back to the basics with this single-note Funk/Soul guitar lesson, as we will discuss the basic techniques of this musical style.

Using C tone in the bass as a reference point (pivot note)

First part of a tune called Blue Note in A from the album Let It Out. A slow bluesy tune and this part is done with sweet overdrive tone.

What is the blues note? The blues note is the flat 5th often used as a passing tone in the minor pentatonic. It will sound tensed and bizarre, but that's the desired effect we want!

Learn to create riffs with the distinct mixolydian sound! This mode is similar to our trusty major scale, the only difference is that it has a flat 7th degree.