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Funk guitar dates back to the late 60’s and early 70’s when it was more genre specific. But over the years, Funk guitar evolved into a rhythmic 
approach for many styles of music. Today you hear funk guitar parts in rock, pop, hip-hop, fusion, smooth jazz and even the blues. In this Funk 
Guitar Survival Guide, you’ll examine the rhythmic and chordal approaches of many originators of the style -- the very same approaches and 
techniques being used today in contemporary music.

Producer, recording artist and composer, Carl Burnett toured the world with Branford Marsalis’ band and has collaborated on award winning 
productions with Larry Carlton, Robben Ford and Boney James. His TV underscores can be heard on shows like Extra, TMZ, Pawn Stars, Teen Titans Go 
and many more. We’re very proud to welcome Carl to the family with his first TrueFire course, Funk Guitar Survival Guide.

”Rhythm connects to the Earth and life. Without the consistent rhythm of your heartbeat or breathing, your whole body would be thrown off. This is 
the essential connection that must be made with your instrument as it relates to keeping solid time and committing to the tempo and groove. The 
Funk Guitar Survival Guide will give you the keys to playing funk guitar and strengthening your groove.”

In the first section, Carl guides you through 16 Essential Concepts and Techniques : Funk Fundamentals, Subdividing 16ths, 1 Bar Rhythm Patterns, 
2 Bar Rhythm Patterns, Open Strum Accents, Open Strums/Tight Mixup, Breakbeat Breakdown, Funky Chord Voicings, Imin7 to IV7 Grooves, Single Note 
Grooves, Spice It Up: Movement, Spice It Up: Single Notes, Spice It Up: Using 4ths , Spice It Up: Using 3rds , Spice It Up: Scratch Fills, Spice It 
Up: Punctuations.

”I’ll show you the sixteen essential concepts focusing that I think are the most important elements for playing funk guitar. These are is the same 
very popular lessons that I taught as a private counselor for the Funk Pro Series at Musician's Institute.”

In the second section, you’ll apply the key concepts and techniques from the first section across 4 Performance Studies: Same Same But Different 1, 
Same Same But Different 2, P Funk Jam, and Keep It Tight.

”In the Performance Studies section, we'll look at how all the concepts can come together in context with a jam track. Listen for them and how they 
are applied in these performances. We'll start off with some jazz/funk minor blues, go to 70's style funk, and then finish with some R&B/soul.”

Carl demonstrates all of the Performance Studies over rhythm tracks and then breaks them down by stepping you through the key concepts, techniques 
and creative approaches that he used in each study.

In the third and final section, you’ll join Carl in two playalongs (Soul Bro and Mayfield Funk) where you’ll be trading rhythms just like two 
guitarists in the same band would.

All of the Performance Studies are tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you 
can play, loop and/or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, Carl generously includes all of the rhythm tracks for 
you to work with on your own.

Grab your guitar and lets get to the funk with Carl Burnett!

nJoy!