Free Download - Five Fresh Funk Licks
Add serious interest and flavor to your funk solos with these 5 free phrases to learn!
To build this collection, I spent countless hours deep-diving into legendary modern funk solos, hunting down captivating phrases, rhythmic hooks, and harmonic twists that make the listener tick. Inspired by great players like Stevie Wonder, Clyde Lawrence, Michel Camilo, Ollie McGill, and Cory Henry, to name just a few -I’ve distilled those sonic explorations into golden musical phrases tailored specifically for the keyboard in the key of C minor.
This free sampler pack gives you instant access to 5 selected licks from our full 50-lick collection so you can test them out and start grooving right away.
Why These Licks Stand Out:
Each phrase is built around a powerful, highly concentrated 2-bar lick. Two bars is the absolute sweet spot for improvisers: it's long enough to tell a complete musical story with a clear beginning, middle, and resolution, but short enough to easily internalize, loop, and drop straight into your next solo without losing the groove. Whether you learn them note-for-note, use segments of them, or just use the core ideas to spark your own unique creations, these phrases are designed to instantly elevate your funk solos.
What’s Included in the Free Pack:
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Complete Sheet Music PDF: Clean, professional transcriptions of 5 x 2-bar funk licks, ready to learn and study.
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Demonstration Videos: Watch and listen to how each lick is played to capture the authentic feel, articulation, and pocket. You get direct link access to both the piano visualiser tutorial and the sheet music video version.
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Practice Backing Track: A high-quality, backing track set to the core demonstration tempo (80 BPM) to lock in your groove.
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Original MIDI Files: Load the files into your DAW or practice software to study at any speed or transpose into any key you like.
Level up your funk, blues, and jazz improvisation with these quality licks—they're great fun to learn, transformative to master, and completely free to download!
(Loved this free sampler? Check out the full store page to unlock all 50 Fresh Funk Licks!)
