Funk Improvisation Volume 1

The new Funk Improvisation series is a 3-DVD set that covers important concepts like chord voicings, comping patterns, scales for improvisation, rhythms, sequences and a bunch of really neat licks.

This series is great for ALL STYLES. The improvisation techniques that Willie covers in these lessons can easily be applied to Jazz, Blues, Gospel and more.

Learn how to improvise over funk grooves. This first part discusses chord voicings, comping and scales for improv.

• Funk Improv Intro
• Chord voicings (dom 7 and min 7)
• Adding inner motion to the chords
• How to comp chords
• How to comp chords (extra)
• Scales for improv - minor pentatonic
• The Blues Scale
• The Altered Scale
• Learning your neighbor scales
• Creating phrases, elements of a phrase
• Conditioning Rhythms - part 1
• Conditioning Rhythms - part 2
• Conditioning Rhythms - part 3
• Improv part 2 sneek peek

Funk Improvisation Volume 2

Picking up from Funk Improvisation Volume 1, this lesson will teach you ten different improvisation licks and rhythms to use in your solos.

• Introduction
• Lick #1
• Lick #2 - sixteenth notes
• Lick #3 - altered scale
• Lick #4 and #5
• Lick #6 - sixteenth note triplets
• Lick #7 and #8 - sixteenth note groupings
• Lick #9 - 32nd notes
• Lick #10
• Summary

Funk Improvisation Volume 3

In this third part, we will discuss quartal and cluster lines, double-stops, 4-note patterns, how to create longer phrases and more!

• Introduction
• 4-note patterns
• Sequencing patterns
• Creating longer phrases
• Starting on different beats
• Double stops
• Using thirds
• Adding space to the solo
• Interaction between hands
• Interaction between hands part 2
• Extract clusters from the scale
• Extract quartals from the scale
• 3-note patterns
• Quartal and cluster lines

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BUNDLE-FUNK-IMPROV

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Sheet music is included with all DVDs. After purchase, both your invoice and the DVD face will have a code which will allow you to download the sheet music and any other related files for that lesson. Also, lessons come with both MIDI and MP3 files.

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