Funk Piano Lesson Swinging 16s (Learn in the Groove! - G7)

This funk piano / keyboard tutorial walks through 16 steps of creating an infectious funk groove with a swinging 16s subdivision. The beat never stops so you can always play along in the pocket! Play along, imitate or create your own ideas with my suggestions as inspiration - have fun! Sheet music can be downloaded here: Please keep in mind this sheet music is only an approximate representation of the improvisation in this video Visit here for the backing track 00:00 Introduction 00:30 1. Root Note on 1 00:51 2. Triads on Beats 2 & 4 01:27 3. Extend to 7th 02:14 4. Subdivide with ghost notes 03:52 5. Syncopation 04:36 6. Parallel Chords 06:04 7. Grace Notes 07:41 8. 1-4 Progression 08:58 9. Shell Voicings 10:30 10. II-V Turnaround 13:32 11. Riffs 15:31 12. Double Stops 17:50 13. Triplet Subdivisions 19:25 14. 1st Inversion Shape 20:11 15. Chord Slides 20:48 16. Octave ’Full-Stop’ 21:38 Review For more videos like this one, see: This is my original inspiration for this style of teaching - a great guitar lesson and would recommend for all musicians! @PaulDavids If you found this video of value, a small donation is appreciated if you are in the position to do so. Otherwise please consider free ways to support through a like, share and/or comment. Please consider subscribing for future contemporary piano lessons :) Thanks for supporting the channel!
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