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@ROCKSCHOOL
/ GRADE
FIVE
i LESSON
ONE

Its timeto getyourfunkonasTGtakesyouthrough-

Rockschool'snewGrade Fivetune,AIIFunkedUo'
he roots of classicfunk music requirea tlght senseof rhythm and a up) to maintainthe l6th note groove.
lie in gospel,R&8, sout and feet for the undertyinggroove. Funkstrummingis often heavity
jazz- alLgenresof music Most of the chord pLayingin,4l1 syncopated,so the music frequentty
where a sense of groove is Funked Up is based oo a l6th note has emphasison otfbeat notes.which
vital.Thisis alsotrueasyougo into groove.The music is brokendown so you play with upstrokes.Our exercises
Rockschool's cradeFiveexamwith there are four rhythmicstrikesto every betow afe designedto hetp you
Ihe tuneAUFunkedUp.lts funkygth beat of the bar- Use a regular alternate master the comptex16th note rhythm
chordsandsparsesoundingmelodies strumming pattern (down, up, down, pafts in All Funked Up. a

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Thisisthel6th notestrumming pattemthatfotmsthe basisforthefottowing
exercises.
Therearenomutingor funkyhtthms to contendwithhere,sofocus
onstrumming eventywithalternatingdownskokes
andupstrokes.

Hereyouaddmuted.peKussive strums.
Whereveryou see'X'marksin thetabjustrelease
the pressure
off ofyourfingeFsothat the staings
muteout.Aswith
Examplel, youshouldbeusingconstantly
atternating
downstrckes
andupskokes.

Thisisa heavity
syncopated to testyoursense
exercise of pulse.Keepyourpickhandstrumming
throughout
andcheckoutthevjdeoin the Rockschoot
section
of yourTGCDto seethistechnique
in action.

Thesedoublestops arebestapproached witha fingering

that fa(ititates
aneasymovementupanddowntheneck.practisethis
exercise
first,andthenusethe
fingering
shownin the notationto pLay sectionof the pDF(fromyoutIG CD)foi AIIFunked
the relevant Up.

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