Funk Piano Lesson Straight 16s (Learn in the Groove! - E Minor)

This funk piano / keyboard tutorial walks through 15 steps of creating an infectious funk groove with straight 16ths. 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!

Here is a similar backing track in Em in the same tempo:    • Cosmically Funky Backing Track (E Dorian -...  

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This is my original inspiration for this style of teaching - a great guitar lesson and would recommend for all musicians! @PaulDavids
   • How everyone can play the FUNK! (beginner ...  

00:00 1. Root Notes
00:37 2. Triads on Beat 2 & 4
01:09 3. E minor 7
02:07 4. Syncopation
03:16 5. Ghost Notes
05:15 6. Parallel Chords
06:33 7. Grace Notes
07:28 8. Chord Progression 1 to 4
08:28 9. Turnaround Chord 5
09:38 10. Riffs
11:20 11. Slides
11:58 12. 1st Inversion Shape
13:06 13. Shell Voicings
14:50 14. Octave 'Full-Stop'
15:41 15. Pedal Note