Funk Guitar Lesson #4 Love Rollercoaster-Ohio Players

[AnnyaMoon]

OHIO Players are great! Sugarfoot is considered a "Godfather" now. I loved him for ever. hehe I love playing this song.

[rocknrollporn]

what about the chorus?

[ingeewung]

thanks mate great lesson! nice1

[1971SuperLead]

Thanks for a great guitar lesson.

[randyreal574]

Excelsior! Brother!

[IMaDEM0N]

I remember this from the movie Beavis and Butt-Head do America...I was in 5th or 6th Grade & I'm not sure if the guitar player fort the Chilli Peppers was Dave Navarro or Josh Klinghoffer, but I think it was one of the 2...My Playing style back in those days was largely influenced by Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eddie Van Halen....

[ChrisVGuitarist]

The added 9th on A sounds little off from the album but it may just be me. Awesome lesson I wanted to learn this today! :) Any Prince stuff? like technique from, Sign 'O' the Times?

[playwithme30]

the chords are right the distortion isent though but i dont blame you i bet its hard to get distortion just like that now a days but if you did have that kinda flawless but pretty much is nice job man!

[melbookermusic]

@playwithme30

Thanks-yeah I wasn't showing the gain. In fact I just played it clean. I think sugarfoot played that-but I have no idea what amp he used.

[carboned4]

Welcome to the party! On Bounce FM!

[twanmon13]

he gets all the girls

[evans387]

this guy's a real pro... good guitar teachers are hard to find!

[utopiaharley]

Thank.s.... very nice!

[wolfpackjudo]

Damn! U R FUNkkkkkkkeeeeeeeeeeee! And there is nothing wrong with "Rogerizing" ... course I could be predisposed to "Dazz" funk being born and raised in Dayton, OH, USA.

[wolfpackjudo]

Damn! U R FUNkkkkkkkeeeeeeeeeeee!

[CrystalBlueProject]

Funk soldier!

[hannipawz88]

Sweet hair!

[GTOWNRT57]

that's awesome... how do you play the chorus though?

[JoshsManyTalents]

Looks like a funky snoop dog!! 

[SXHJX]

Hey Mel

Great lessons! Thank you!

What kind of guitar/amp?

[melbookermusic]

@SXHJX

Vineyard Guitar and I believe an Orange Crush 30.

[RaVeRNaTiOn]

So me and Jimi Hendrix, BB, muddy, and buddy guy aren't the only black guys that play guitar...good!

[mclaren450]

nice man! thanks!

[razor1964]

Kind of like Jimmy Nolan's scratch guitar style.

[YngwieRayVaughn]

nice vid-yeah i agree this one can be played more percussively than Navarro did it on the recording-more funk, less rock-any chance you've got that nasty riff towards the end, i'm trying to ear that one out

[tonebenderx]

Great lesson. Thanks for breaking down this awesome riff.

[demandvictorycom]

Great work.

Any one know where i can get the backing track for this song?

Cant find it anywhere

Thanks

[evilsatival]

Nice Music Man... man!

[bladesaint21]

How about the left hand fingering for those cords for those who are self taught newbies?

[LaraSixtyEight]

Hey, thanks a lot! Great stuff.

[machinsky108]

hey man this is really cool- as the guy earlier said, you show the real deal. please keep posting funk videos! by the way, for the major chords/9th in this song, ive heard by some people that you should wrap your thumb around, as opposed to playing it like a barre? im not sure, by what is your input? thanks!

[melbookermusic]

Yeah-I would opt for the F shape,with my thumb on the bass(ie Hendrix)

[machinsky108]

alright,thanks!

[ycuy]

Thanks, Great Lesson

[Ednerd]

finally, someone who does it right! the best part of the song is how he mixes up the guitar riff intro. most people play just the major chords and it drives me crazy. well done

[josh4380]

very easy to play, yet it just never gets old!!! great stuff, and your a great teacher...

[Paulmasonmusic101]

can u post a video about the tone u like to dial up, amp settings etc.

[Villa1291]

wow i would play the second half by sliding from bflat to cmajor. this made it so much clearer.

[ToxicBarracuda]

I realy like this video, but i don't know the fret and strings for the chords. Please reply to this comment because I love this song.

[psico234]

oh men i didint undertan anything o.o

[Ajak28Hype]

how are you forming those chords, cuz my way is different and i cant put my pinky on the parts with the changes...could you tell me what fingers you have on what strings and frets on the cmajor chord?

[melbookermusic]

It's an F-shape chord. The 9th is added with your pinky.

[Mose99]

@melbookermusic pinky?

[melbookermusic]

@Mose99

yeah for the add9 chord. sit tight,I will be doing some chord theory lessons soon. :-)

[Rollaman89]

cool

[savanahXisXsynyster]

Your great! I just have a little problem with the chords... but this helped me out lots! thanks so much!

[melbookermusic]

No prob!!

Thanks for watching.

[melbookermusic]

Cool!!

[HiFiApartment]

great lesson! thanks bro!

[AJJAP2]

Hey man, you dont mess around. You showin the people the real deal! I like the way you teach it ,yo! I'm a pretty accomplished guitar player myself but I got a kick out of this! Plus, I'm from Dayton,OH. Still live here, & I know, have played with, & have recorded with the Players. Thanks for givin my cuz, Roger T a shout on here. I was actually an engineer for a few years in Troutman Sound Labs back in the day. But anyway, keep it funky bruh!

[melbookermusic]

Yeah man. When people talk about funk guitar.Roger Troutman doesn't usually come up. I "WILL" change that. As a kid I spent a lot of time on that stuff. To this day I listen to him-a lot. I wish he was still around.

[melbookermusic]

Pt. 2

Yeah we need to keep funk alive(for lack of a better saying). Now all the kids are tech savvy,and realized they don't have to know anything about music,to make music...and I can hear that. I also hear when someone plays funk,but doesn't feel it. Bootsy always said don't fake the funk-but there is a lot of that goin' on. it's cool that you got to pioneer a lot of this stuff-pass it on to these young guys man a lot of them need it.

Thanks for watching.

[Xen8]

I agree with you! I myself try to keep funk alive.

[CaliforniaAfrican]

You did it again! Nice job, bruh!

[melbookermusic]

Hey everybody!!! Thanks for all the comments. I have put my Funk guitar method on DVD. It is 55 minutes,NTSC format,and is just exercises and lessons on playing funk. No fluff, or wasted space. Just explaining my way of playing funk.

$10 + shipping. Message me for info on how to buy.

-Mel

[etikas2008]

i dont know the chord,and i didint found anything on google

[melbookermusic]

which chord. let me know-I'll tell you how to play it.

[Lang7]

How do you play all of the chords?

It looks like its just the one shape and you slide it up and down the fretboard?

RSVP :)

[SlikkTim]

Sugarfoot would be proud !!

[myfavoritevideoclip]

Great job, brother!

[378TPO]

Yeah thats funky man yeeeeeehah!

[neoshaolin1]

Yeah, I use to think that about funk but once you get the hang of it it's really fun to play.

[markieju]

man! thank you so much its easy and very very cool!!!!

[kemo112205]

groovy

[Frankwijchen]

its very easy

[rudeboyfoodboy]

OOO-ooo-ooooooo (Say word)

[GucciLyrics]

Are you trying to say the words, if so it is Ooh..ooh..ooh.ooh..(say what) maybe not, reply to this please :P

[Frankwijchen]

its not how it must be but this is good!

[roampros]

Now I can play like Prince...I am finally the master-of-all-guitar!

Great demo/lesson...THANKS!

-peg-leg greg.

[Nuggiestein]

I cant stop playing this song :D I love it!

Thanks man!

[aperisimo]

me too.

this is the first thing myfingers do when i pick my guitar and play.

[TheodoreCao]

omg.. I LOVE THAT SONG YOU SIR WIN AT LIFE!

[xSchottNyC]

Rollercoaster

[xSchottNyC]

ar I love that song

[anewgroove]

You make a good instructor... nice sound and play.

Paul

[wilsongee56]

Pretty Good ...