Funk Guitar The Essential Guide - Private Lessons Series Book/Online Audio

You learn a lot of new chops and ideas in this style of playing. The accessed examples and instructional book make it easy to follow the instructions and demonstrations. I went through the instructions and examples in one day.

If you've never played Funk guitar, you will when you're done with this book! I have to disagree when anyone that says this book is not for beginners. The chords and rhythm grooves on the CD are exactly what beginners need to stay interested in chords, chord progressions and structure. It will also please the ears of parents and other nearby listeners. There is more to the fretboard than shredding you know. Once you start getting the basics of this book underway, I strongly suggest listening to some James Brown, Tower of Power, Funkadelic (the sixties stuff), Rick James, Prince (the beginnings) and The Meters (Cissy Strut). There is some very good stuff in this book!

This book is great! I went to Musicians Institute and actually took the funk class with the author of this book. You would get a lecture hear him play with the band (travis carlton on bass) and then we would all line up and perform what we just learned with the band and get feedback from Ross. It was great. I have since then gotten rusty and in no time this book has helped me get back in shape. For those who haven't it's still great! No joke you'll be funky in no time with this. Spend about 20 minutes a day on it and also go back and review things you've done already from time to time. With this book and some of the recommended listening you are in good shape to start getting some groove work out there. Playing in funk bands ect. Or say you just want to tighten up you're rhythm playing. It will do that great too! The cd is pretty nice and help to hear things you might not know from just reading the book.

Good book for beginners. Funk is all about rhythm, and once you get that message you only need to read the book a few times then you're ready to move on.

I have never played funk music before - thanks to this book, now I have a clue and I'm having fun playing along with the tracks on the CD of this outstanding method. The exercises are truly useful and build gradually your funk chops from the scratch (no pun intended). The book is much easier if you already know about dominant chords, but it does not require advanced playing. Verry fun and instructive! A great book!

Funk Guitar is a great introduction to learning how to play a specific version of funk on the guitar, but it is a far cry from being "The Essential Guide," which is how author Ross Bolton bills his book. It does contains a lot of very useful information. There is a great explanation of timing and strum patterns, which is great, and there are a lot of different voicing of key chords, such of dominant 7ths and 9ths. However, this book should really be called, "The Ultimate Guitar to Rhythm Funk Guitar." 95% of this book deals with chugging along with chord progressions. There is a chapter on scales and single note melodies, but it is really short. This book is short enough where there should be more on this. In fact, the reason why I got this was to learn funky guitar lines, which is not really present. I recommend this book for people who want a quick lesson on rhythm funk guitar. This book won't have you popping like John Frusciante or getting down like the great funk groups from the 1970s, but it's not all bad, if bought at the right price.

Muy buen método, el delgado pero su contenido es bien práctico y detallado, sobre todo para los principiantes que desean explorar el género Funk, importante tener conocimientos de teoría musical básica.

This is a fantastic book. As titled, it covers the 'essentials' of funk guitar - the absolute foundations necessary for playing this style of guitar. It's all about timing and the 'groove' and Bolton gives excellent and concise examples. Don't rush through, take your time and master each lesson and you will get more than your money's worth out of this book.

昔からギター弾いている人間にとって目からうろこのような記述があるわけじゃないが、そうやったなぁと、思わず思い出してしまう懐かしさのある本。しちむずかしい理論も全くなく、初心者には最適かも。中級者には若干物足りないかも知れないが、最後までやれば少しは腕も上がるだろいう。付属のCDは通常のテンポの後少しゆっくりしたテンポで演奏が入っている。

Excelente pra quem deseja aprender o estilo.

Da anni chi vuole affrontare in maniera serie le ritmiche funk (che hanno ormai contaminato pop, rock, metal etc.) deve passare per questo libro. Il compianto Ross Bolton ha messo insieme tutti gli esercizi che servono per padroneggiare questo tipo di ritmiche.

This is a REALLY good book. Ross Bolton was a top professional funk guitarist. He's was the house guitarist in loads of American TV programs, so he know what he's doing! This book takes a complex subject and manages to make it really clear and accessible. I would not hesitate in recommending this book to somebody keen to learn funky rhythm guitar. It's easily the best book available. Another big plus of this book, is that it explains REAL, usable funk guitar parts in a transparent way. Also all the audio recordings are very clear and helpful. The TAB and notation is all 100% accurate. In short, if you're a student of funk guitar BUY THIS BOOK NOW!!!

A nice introduction step by step to build your funk rhythm. I recommend this book over the other book "Playking funky rhythm guitar" which I own as well. The exercises really build your right hand to play funky rhythms.