How to Play a Funk Groove on the Piano: Video Series

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How to play soul funk piano songs with jazz piano solo tips and techniques, in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

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  1. Get the basics of how to play soul funk piano with jazz piano concepts and techniques and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

    Views: 3,504
  2. Learn how to play a lead in melody line for soul funk piano with jazz piano concepts and techniques. Learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

    Views: 4,142
  3. Learn how to play bass lines for soul funk piano with jazz piano concepts and techniques. Learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

    Views: 4,251
  4. Learn how to play right hand comping patterns for soul funk piano with jazz piano concepts and techniques. Learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

    Views: 3,609
  5. Learn how to add to the right hand comping pattern you just started with jazz piano concepts and techniques. Learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

    Views: 3,104
  6. Learn how to play stab breaks for soul funk piano with jazz piano concepts and techniques. Learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

    Views: 2,155
  7. Learn how to play hangs for soul funk piano with jazz piano concepts and techniques. Learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

    Views: 1,672
  8. Learn how to double and alternate bass octaves for soul funk piano with jazz piano concepts and techniques. Learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

    Views: 1,722
  9. Learn how to play a soul funk piano riff with jazz piano concepts and techniques. Learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

    Views: 2,200
  10. Learn how to play downbeat stops and right hand glissandos with jazz piano concepts and techniques. Learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

    Views: 1,564
  11. Learn how to use the tremolo technique for playing soul funk piano solos with jazz piano concepts and technique. Learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

    Views: 1,476
  12. Learn how to play double stops for soul funk piano solos with jazz piano concepts and techniques. Learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

    Views: 1,600
  13. Left hand techniques for playing soul funk piano solos with jazz piano concepts and techniques. Learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

    Views: 1,729
  14. Learn how to play blues chords for soul funk piano solos with jazz piano concepts and techniques. Learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

    Views: 2,328
  15. Learn how to play blues piano accent notes with jazz piano concepts and techniques. Learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

    Views: 1,651
  16. Learn how to play an aggressive soul funk piano riff with jazz piano concepts and techniques. Learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

    Views: 2,446
  17. Learn how to play an aggressive soul funk piano riff with chords and chord variations. Learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

    Views: 1,447
  18. Watch a pianist play soul funk piano with jazz piano concepts and techniques. Learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by professional composer and pianist Jonathan Wilson.

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Can you feel the groove? Does that funky beat make you wanna move? Can you hear that far out keyboard man playin’ like he’s on the moon? Don’t you wanna dance? Or are you an uptight cat, always worried about your situation? Free your mind, man, and the rest will follow. I promise you, that icky sticky funk music is the best medicine for the blues. Funk music is defined by its unique ability to blend simple rhythms and repetitive melodies into something bigger. Once the band fires up, the notes take on a life of their own. The bass line works its way into your hips; the drum beat makes you move your feet; the guitar and keyboards take you to some of the funkiest places in the cosmos. In these free music lessons on video, learn how to play a funk groove on the piano. Get some tips for playing effective bass lines and using rhythm techniques like stab breaks, hangs, stops, and glissandos. Also learn how to play piano solos with tremolo, double stopping, blues chord progressions, and improvised riffs.

 
About the Presenter

chilkari Jonathon Wilson has been a professional composer and pianist for over twenty years. His work spans a number of genres, from jazz to new age to trance. He's a winner of both the Kinsmen International Jazz Festival and University of Northern Colorado Jazz Festival Most Outstanding Performer awards.dkdk

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