15 Funk Grooves

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1
Willie Myette

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You can think of the 16th-note groove in quarter-notes too!

   

              
   

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2

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Now sped up to 16th-notes

  
 
  
  
   

 
   
  
  
  


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3

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Add "double-stops" to the 16th-note principle


    
 


 
 
  
 


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4

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Add the 9th

            
     

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2 5
Applying 4ths the the 16th-note groove into a hemiola

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E-7

  
 

            
 

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6

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E-7

        

   

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7

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C-7

         

   
    

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8

E-7

      
 
  

       

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9 3
16th-note triplet groove (easier version)

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E-

  
              


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3
10
With 3rds added

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E-


         
     

 


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3
11 Adding chord structures

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E-


       
   
   
         


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3
12
2-3-3-3-3-2 Coupling

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E-


   
           
  

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4 13
Tri-tone resolution groove in minor

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E-7

 
   

   
     
 

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13b
Tri-tone resolution groove in minor (variation)

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E-7

 
   

    
    
 

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14

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E7 Tri-tone resolution groove in Major

       

  
     
 

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14b

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E7 "Variation"

  
     
        
    
  
 

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5
15

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Combining 2 grooves

 
              
                            
  
 3  

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