Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog

Well, maybe we’re doing Funk Guitar Unleashed today

Seriously, though, this strumming idea comes up in both funky styles of blues, and straight up, James Brown style funk guitar…

It even comes up in rock/pop music for songs like, “Long Train Running,” by the Doobie Brothers.

But… it’s a strumming pattern I consistently see done very wrong, and that’s no good for your grooving.

So let’s look at how it’s supposed to be done, and break it down into steps.

By the way, there are quite a few funky style rhythms in my Strumming & Rhythm Mastery course (recently updated to version 2.0) along with some blues, rock, alternative, country, and all kinds of other strumming styles. It does say, “Mastery,” in the title, right?

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