What is funk guitar?
The funk guitar is a type of rhythm guitar. It works like a band's drummer, adding a beat to the song and harmonizing with the lead instruments or singer. When you learn how to play funk guitar, you'll have to learn grooves over melodies or chords. A groove is the overall rhythmic pattern of a song.
What guitars are used in funk?
Best Guitars for Playing Funk
- Stratocaster.
- Telecaster.
- Jazzmaster.
- Any semi-hollow guitar with humbuckers or P90s.
- Gibson or Epiphone SG.
- Gibson or Epiphone Les Paul.
- Most PRS models.
- Ernie Ball Music Man.
Is funk guitar hard?
As you'll see you may not even change a chord the entire song but you gotta keep it interesting with your strumming hand. Like the one person said everything is hard at first. But I'd say funk is one of the “easier” genres in terms of complexity.