Fifty Fresh Funk Keyboard Licks
Add serious interest and flavor to your funk solos with these great phrases to learn!
To build this collection, I spent countless hours deep-diving into legendary modern funk solos, hunting down captivating phases, 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 50 golden musical phrases tailored specifically for the keyboard in the key of C.
Why These Licks Stand Out:
Each phrase is built around 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 Pack:
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Complete Sheet Music PDF: Clean, professional transcriptions of all 50 X 2 bar licks 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 access to the falling notes tutorial and the version with sheet music in the video. (Links in the PDF)
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Practice Backing Tracks: High-quality, long backing tracks provided in 5 different tempos, allowing you to build your speed.
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Original MIDI Files: To provide flexibility, 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, and transformative to master.
