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Welcome to the percussive, rhythmic,
textured, chicka-whacka world of
Funk Fission from monster player and top educator Chris Buono. Don't let the
title of this study program fool ya
-- this is NOT a "funk" course (although funk guitar freaks
will indeed flip over this one). Rather, Buono's curriculum of funk guitar
lessons
is designed for intermediate to advanced players who dig and play any form
of "groove-based" music; be it rock, blues, jazz, R&B, and of course funk.
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Many of the techniques, rhythmic and percussive concepts that you will learn
how to play in
Funk Fission are culled from the combined genius of Jimmy Nolen, Catfish
Collins, Wayne Krantz, Dave "Fuze" Fiuczynski, Avi Bortnick and Mick
Goodrick. Tweaking tonal textures with motion control, sequenced
filters and other effects follow in the footsteps of The Edge,
 Vernon Reid, Bill Frisell, Nels Cline and Oz Noy. Buono has devoted many years to studying, documenting and
assembling this comprehensive one-of-a-kind curriculum.
Today's groove-based musical landscape is generously spiced with a wide
variety of new techniques, syncopated rhythms and tonal textures. Funk
Fission covers the full palette of techniques, grips, moves, voicings and
effects required to color your rock, blues
and jazz grooves with that distinctive contemporary funkified flavor.
 Chris
teaches you how to play great funk guitar by taking you to school on scratches, string percussion, super-staccato
hybrid picking, punch comping, single note hybrids, thumb slaps, pops,
combination palm punches, percussive snaps,
down-stroke picked muted bass notes, chord stabs, fret-hand finger smacks,
thumb mutes, single-note chromatic approach tones, pitch modulation, whammy
bar expressions, ring modulation, motion controlled effects, frequency
sweeping, time-based effects, amplitude modulation, sequenced filters and
pitch shifting.
If the preceding list of key learnings reads like a foreign language to you,
fear not - Buono, a former top instructor at Berklee College of Music, is
extraordinarily gifted at breaking it all down in easy-to-digest bite-size
chunks. Chris has organized the course true to TrueFire form where you'll
play your way through the material, learning something new and then
immediately applying it in a musical context working with the practice
rhythm tracks, tab, and notation he has prepared for students.
Whatever your preferred style, Funk
Fission will supply all of the individual elements you'll need to bring
texture, groove and rhythmic energy to your compositions, performances, and
improvisations. |
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WHAT YOU GET
Video software (Windows and Mac) with
TrueFire's
Lesson Player, PIP, full-screen,
looping, slow
motion, keyboard shortcuts, plus...
- 201 Minutes of Video
- Practice Rhythm Tracks
- Text Commentary
- Tab and Notation
- Power Tab
CURRICULUM
Intermediate-Advanced
"will supply all of the
individual elements you'll need to bring texture, groove and rhythmic
energy to your compositions, performances, and improvisations" |
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