Fingerstyle Funk Guitar
Get some groove into your life.
Intermediate-Advanced
Need a fresh dose of funk? This class will help you hone your fingerpicking skills and find a whole new groove.
3 weeks
Nicole will guide you through 5 sections of step-by-step instruction with interactive TAB and assignments.
Master fingerstyle funk.
This class will funk-ify your playing in a big way and give you a sharper sense of rhythm through fingerpicking.
Take the next step
Once you've mastered funk, keep progressing with advanced Master Classes and guided practice plans.
What you'll learn
Join Nicole as she breaks down jam-ready fingerstyle funk concepts that'll bring a new level of groove to your playing.
- Tackle advanced percussive picking-hand techniques
- Become a masterful rhythmic fingerstyle player
- Build out your vocabulary with percussive funk licks
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Curriculum
Stay focused with this step-by-step learning program designed by our expert team of music educators.
Your guided learning pathway
This five-part music-first Master Class is unique in that you'll be making music at every step of the way.
Getting Started With Funk
In funk, rhythm is everything.
We'll kick off the class by guiding you through the basic tenets of funk as they relate to foundational concepts like tone, rhythm, and chords.
Fingerstyle Funk
Next, you'll tackle five exercises based on Nicole's infectious brand of fingerstyle funk.
These are designed to help you hone in on funky fingerstyle techniques that will sharpen your sense of rhythm (while making things funky, of course).
Picking Technique
We said rhythm is everything in funk, and we weren't lying!
In this section of the class, you'll continue to develop your rhythm skills as we shift focus to exercises that target playing funk with a pick.
Part IV. Top 10 Funk Licks
Ready for some quick musical fuel? Here, Nicole breaks down her top-10 favorite funk riffs. These ready-to-jam riffs are a fun way to spice up your playing vocabulary.
Part V. SongSquad
Finally, we'll wrap up the class with five original compositions by Nicole that put everything you've learned into action.
Part I. Getting Started With Funk
You have to learn to walk before you can funk!
First, we'll make sure you have a solid foundation when it comes rhythm, tone, and chords.
Nicole will teach you the most common chord shapes used in funk guitar so you can start playing right away – then, we'll pull it all together with two musical exercises. Part I. is geared toward beginners, but don’t overlook these lessons – we'll build on the fundamentals in this section throughout the rest of the class.
Part II. Fingerstyle Funk
Next, you'll dive into Nicole's signature brand of fingerstyle funk.
In this section, Nicole will introduce you to five fingerstyle exercises, with each one focusing on a key technique. You'll learn all about the complex rhythms Nicole employs in her playing along with picking techniques like muting, raking, slapping, double stops, and more.
Part III. Picking Technique
Give your fingers a break, and work on your picking skills.
In contrast to the previous section, which focused on fingerstyle technique, this section contains exercises that will improve your funk playing with a pick. Maintaining a steady groove is key in funk, so Nicole will challenge you with exercises that will help you hone your sense of timing. You'll also learn about syncopation and triplet strumming here.
Parts IV. & V.
Use your funk foundation to put things in a purely musical context.
Part IV. Top 10 Funk Licks
In this section, Nicole breaks down 10 funk and blues licks that you can use to quickly improve your playing. Each lick includes interactive TAB and an explainer video.
Part V. SongSquad
To wrap up the class, we'll challenge you to learn five original compositions by Nicole that will put everything you’ve learned so far into action.
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Your Instructor
Nicole Cerminara
Dive into Nicole's Master Class as she breaks down essential funk techniques, riffs, and licks that will funk up your playing in a big way.
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