Funk Guitar Lesson #3 Mr. Big Stuff

[morrisman64]

lil bit of trivia Ray Parker jr at 17 years play that guitar on the record

[ricomajestic]

Great stuff! How about a lesson on Parliament's Flashlight?

[afar1]

Your little girl is beautiful!

[tomthefunky]

You're close, Mel, but it's not quite right. Instead of the Eb chord you're playing, it should be an Eb (D form) chord. It's a much richer sounding, though harder chord to play. And instead of the Bb major, it's a Bb6. Al Kooper once met the guy that played the original in a recording studio in L.A. Al asked him to teach it to him and that's what he showed him.

[lelightful]

puts a smile on my face

[cvau32]

ok thanks mel

[cvau32]

Hi Mel I love your vids it's help me A LOT.I call my self a guitar player in training and you just helped me to that place,sound that I want please Mel keep posting the funk and soul Vids some of the songs that you covered I've been looking for the chords for a long time thanks man from a brother to a brother.

[melbookermusic]

@cvau32

Yeah man. Time is getting away from me lately,but there will be more.

[mordy91]

If the phrasing of the accents had been on the "and" counts, it would have been a cool reggae! :)

[RedWalka]

tabs pleeeeaaase i don't get it, but i'd really love to play it!

[neoshaolin1]

Use your eyes, it'll benefit you greatly if you can learn things from sight.

[stevefrareyjr]

Wow that was to cute, you better watch it or your little girls going to take all your gigs!!!

[ukulele95]

Hi I can't see the chords. can you write down the chords in a tab...please

[melbookermusic]

Hey-thanks for watching. I don't have time at the moment to tab these out(in the middle of a bunch of projects). The Eb is a Root 5 bar Chord-play it at the 6th fret. The other two are F shape chords.

[ducknamedchuck]

e flat chord? i dont get it..

[melbookermusic]

Eb Bar Chord. Root 5 at the 6th Fret. Ask your teacher to show you if you can. You will use these bar Chords for other things as well.

Thanks for watching :-)

[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

[v2vroth]

Love your stuff . man this is priceless God Bless...

[alwo12]

i just wanna say trhank you for the lessons you have a beautiful daughter, when you get a chance will you post the chords for devotion by earth wind and fire. again bro u rock

[melbookermusic]

Cool man! I am working on the funk DVD now. This is about 6-7 years overdue,but it's gonna get done. :-)

[funknsoul4eva]

I'll be in line to get it. Been digging your efforts for a long time. Thanks 4 keeping the funk alive.

[Fretslayer2003]

Ah yes, funk chords are something I can definitely use some pointers on. Thanks!

[amstaff007]

amazing co-op :-)

[neverender888]

Man, you rock and so does your daughter!

[melbookermusic]

Thanks! yeah-she's my hero. She has autism,so this is quite the feat-I love playing songs with her. Thanks for watching!

[AdamskiFTW]

haha thats awesome!

can you recommend any good books on funk guitar?

[melbookermusic]

The guy from Tower of power is the only one I can think of that I would recomend. I have not seen it,but man TOP I like a lot.

[AdamskiFTW]

i'll definately check that one out. looking forward to seeing some more funk lessons!

[melbookermusic]

Thanks! My daughter has autism.and at one point did not talk at all-so needless to say,I love when she sings. :-)

[tehm]

I like it, great little performance also. :)