How to Play Funk Piano

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Funk had a large influence on Jazz. It spurred the development of Jazz Fusion, Jazz Funk, and Free Funk subgenres of Jazz. So in this piano tutorial I will discuss how to play Funk piano. Specifically, I will cover the history and elements of funk and provide an example at the end.
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[@zephaniahmcdaniels]

Love this breakdown. Do a breakdown on soul piano. Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Isaac Hayes vibes

[@crazyace88]

Please!

[@omarghrawi8928]

Pleaseeee do this

[@angelaandrade9725]

Love it! So glad you used the song sunny as an example. Please do a full lesson on your funky version of sunny

[@danielharris9403]

You can really hear the Latin feel - funk with a tumbao bass is pretty hip.

[@thestratocaster]

Thank you for doing this for us! You are the best!!

[@liamtruong6926]

so straightforward, I feel like I was enlightened a lot after 12 minutes watching your video. Thanks

[@kevinduffy2568]

This sounds like closer to salsa then funk

[@dgmgneco1516]

FUNK JUNK IN THE TRUNK AIN'T SWINGING NO BAT AT A PUNK [FUNK IS WITHIN]

[@ImproveYoSelf727]

Great video thanks for your effort!

[@SilverTheFlame]

Wow man! This is such great information! Thank you :)

[@chriswhitewen9650]

I love this breakdown - thank you!!❤

[@Warriorphonic]

thanks! You videos have taught me so much. Will you do more videos on funk? I hope so...

[@macmanmanny3983]

Skip to the 9:00 m mark for his example.

[@animaljere]

Great tutorials, i've been trying to learn funk piano for awhile and I have trouble differentiating between 16th notes and a slower tempo and 8th notes at a faster tempo, but yeah the rests and using the accents and syncopations of the 16th note level is easy to understand

[@raphaelhudson]

Brilliant

[@RetroReminiscing]

Excellent! 🎹🎶👌

[@jmarriolab2780]

GREAT! Mastaaaa 💯💯 Thanks 🙏🏻

[@MsMarcow]

Thank you, you are very knowledgeable and clear

[@an_annoying_cat]

i accidentally clicked the notification but wasnt disappointed, that was really useful

[@Haha-cq1ti]

Quite cool

[@yoshikomoore6107]

I.think this was very lucid explanation. Kudos to you.

[@carlyflow9708]

I really like your videos, you are awesome teacher. Can I have the sheet music for download to practice?

[@thomaskuzma4360]

I probably got about a 3rd of this, but its because I am new beginner to piano and I don't know how to improvise

[@diegotorresv.8304]

The beat KZbinr of music really

[@woosix7735]

I didn’t expect you to play rock and roll on da piano lol

[@geraldedwards5762]

Wow. Would it be possible to break down each genre like this... A sort of template for each??? I have absolutely no musical knowledge and training other than a few theory books, which, honestly, I did not comprehend fully due to much of the terminology. I have just been sort of playing around with all the parameters in music and would like to understand how each genre is created... I have noticed a lot of correlations between rhythmic patterns and structures and the 'feel' of the music...

[@SovBeatsOfficial]

Thanks for this awesome video. I'm trying to do some extra analysis on how this song is written and every source ive seen says this song is in Cm but almost none of these chords are in Cm (seems like Fmaj to me). But then you're also soloing a C pentatonic for the melody in the funky bits? How does all of this come together? Music gets very confusing T_T

[@agc6490]

Walk that bass do you have any book or method to suggest to someone who is just getting started on the piano? Especially for the technical part since my fingers do what they want when I try to play, thanks!

[@empowers67]

for finger training all u need is the hanon exercises

[@lenharddedecker974]

The jazz theory book mark levine

[@joe8133]

@@empowers67 needed this suggestion lol I had trouble practicing my finger technique while actually playing songs

[@everend_xyz]

Thanks very much for the video 💞 Would you recommend any particular thread on your website for funky piano in specific ?

[@thewhoman8252]

I have found what I have been looking for

[@Stevesk0011]

It can't be easy to logically explain funk.

[@Neyo897]

I wasn't told that George Harisson is a piano player

[@ittaynadesan7568]

Do you have a patreon or accept donations?

[@WalkThatBass]

Hi. Yep, through my website :) www.thejazzpianosite.com/donate/

[@nezkeys79]

Could do a video on how to play superstitious correctly. Its way harder than it seems to make it sound groovy 😅

[@lawanistephen6589]

First here

[@macmoll]

Where’s the funk?

[@JevonMusicGroup]

Yeah... kinda sounds like disco.

[@giuseppe7382]

You explained the song, but without Playng it and this is not good for those who follow you.

[@klawei5061]

I really value your channel but this is not funk. No groove nowhere.

[@michaeldaunt1580]

Sad to say this is a rather irrelevant explanation ending with nothing one could call funk. Suggestion... notate a known right and left hand funk piano riff with drums and bass.

[@tubbytown6545]

Jazz Boy starts off saying Funk came out of Blues and Soul. Accent on first beat, often a two chord groove. Illustrates this with Jazz Boy fave "Sunny" by Bobby Hebb, a five chord song, Plays a mishmash of notes with no feel, no groove and NO FUNK !! Jazz boys, smh.

[@denisghiotti9647]

c est honteux de jouer aussi mal et croire que l on est un bon pianiste

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Does not even groove! Dreadful piano sound also!