The Essential Scale for Creating Great Funk Grooves

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  • In this video, I will teach you the essential scale for creating great funk grooves. This scale will help you create grooves that sound like the classic funk music you love.
    This scale is perfect for creating funky basslines in your music. I'll show you how to use the scale to create melodic bass lines that will add depth and funk to your music. After watching this video, you'll be able to create funky basslines in no time!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 392

  • @richbrownbass
    @richbrownbass  Рік тому +133

    Not YOUR mama. I meant the song! 😅
    ua-cam.com/video/yyngFurWy14/v-deo.html

    • @Dis-Emboweled
      @Dis-Emboweled Рік тому +5

      The reason I hit the like! 😂

    • @tossinmountains
      @tossinmountains Рік тому +1

      lol l ĺ😊ĺĺl

    • @mladenmandaric6688
      @mladenmandaric6688 Рік тому +2

      as soon as you said it, honest to God, I went for the Subscribe button and then I realized I actually already subscribed recently, but I still haven't took a deep dive into your content. Thanks for the amazing video!

    • @richbrownbass
      @richbrownbass  Рік тому +4

      @@mladenmandaric6688 thank you for watching, and subscribing!

    • @drumspacebasel6905
      @drumspacebasel6905 Рік тому +1

      but my mama did! 🤣

  • @HouseholdDog
    @HouseholdDog 11 місяців тому +18

    Funk is where bass really shines.

  • @741246
    @741246 Рік тому +252

    As a guitarist who also plays bass, and is learning to play bass like a bass, not just a lower register guitar, these videos are great.

    • @GS-uy4xo
      @GS-uy4xo Рік тому +13

      I’m fighting the same fight - there’s hope for us with people like Rich sharing such great nuggets!

    • @scotts653
      @scotts653 Рік тому

      Like a bass. 🎣

    • @GOODTARGETBARTZ
      @GOODTARGETBARTZ Рік тому +2

      Ha, that’s exactly what I’m going through

    • @rothloaf1980
      @rothloaf1980 Рік тому +2

      ​@@blessedbygaia6862 I'm a bass player also playing guitar. Using a bassist foundation, cool unordinary stuff came out of the guitar, then I noticed myself transferring guitar stuff back to the bass... cross pollenation is cool.
      I don't use a guitar pick, nor any fingerstyle guit technique. I use Claypool's technique. Try that man.

    • @redonja09
      @redonja09 11 місяців тому

      Same!!!

  • @RC32Smiths01
    @RC32Smiths01 Рік тому +113

    The funkier, the better. Always love how accessible these concepts can be.

    • @richbrownbass
      @richbrownbass  Рік тому +7

      Thank you so much for watching!

    • @element-dh9dx
      @element-dh9dx Рік тому +2

      Never inaccessible, only how much style can you give it ?.

    • @lewikono2781
      @lewikono2781 Рік тому +1

      Sometimes you just go "oh is that all they're doing"
      I've had heaps of those moments learning the bass.

  • @theycallmejpj
    @theycallmejpj Рік тому +5

    Funk is located between the 6th and the flat7. Skank is having a minor third

  • @bAgRiMoIrEsS.4
    @bAgRiMoIrEsS.4 Рік тому +95

    My mama did use that scale during her time at College of the Arts. Most of the time during third period, classical guitar theory.
    SERIOUSLY!!! Also, I love your videos your articulate teaching style show us your grace and patience that's one of the great bass players out there today.

    • @richbrownbass
      @richbrownbass  Рік тому +10

      That's very kind of you to say. Thank you so much, and thanks for watching!

    • @Gary-er4wk
      @Gary-er4wk Рік тому

      Got to agree with that. And add a blessed.

    • @cricket27278
      @cricket27278 9 місяців тому

      yo mama!

  • @GharmanNL
    @GharmanNL 19 годин тому

    Wow thats just about the greatest tip i've ever come across. Thank you!!

  • @2ShadesOfGray
    @2ShadesOfGray Рік тому +4

    I don’t even play the bass & I love the use of this mode

  • @5216philip
    @5216philip Рік тому +53

    You are not only a great musician, but, you are also a great teacher!! Many thanks !

  • @DetroitMicroSound
    @DetroitMicroSound 11 місяців тому

    Thanks, just for being alive! I'm building on dorian RIGHT NOW BABY!!! .....AND the magic? I'm a keys guy. Anybody with a good sense of swing at 30% or 60% can play a funky af D, on only the whites!!!! ....but I beg all of you.... dig down into those other keys, they make use of the black keys! ❤

  • @arthur9924
    @arthur9924 Рік тому +18

    Love the smile on your face when you play that lick, it is funky! Thanks Rich, I really appreciate your approach to music and teaching.

  • @NicleT
    @NicleT 21 день тому

    The light in your eyes and smile when you say Funk, it's priceless.
    I really love your playing and how you make a bass sound.

    • @richbrownbass
      @richbrownbass  21 день тому

      That's very kind of you to say. Thank you so much!

  • @cymbop
    @cymbop Рік тому

    There's some buddha nature in you, Rich, and I appreciate it.

  • @mikeboracci7161
    @mikeboracci7161 Рік тому +12

    I was trained by George Ortiz when I was 19. I'm 58 and still using the Dorian mode to create awesome lines. Seeing you for the first time today and you're teaching the Dorian scale just blew my mind. I love it. I'm now a fan of yours and I'm checking out your other videos

  • @J3unG
    @J3unG Рік тому +1

    Any scale, funky, bro. It's all about da playah. You know this. Dorian is just harmonic minor.

  • @casualdub8001
    @casualdub8001 Рік тому

    Feeeeling foooonky now. I’m in!

  • @thebrinesolution
    @thebrinesolution 4 дні тому

    Your bass tone is FIRE!!

  • @glenneric1
    @glenneric1 10 місяців тому

    The phonk is off the charts.

  • @LarnellLewisMusic
    @LarnellLewisMusic Рік тому +2

    VIBES!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Also, good to know this 👉🏿 5:51

    • @richbrownbass
      @richbrownbass  Рік тому

      It works! You look at me with that stank face almost every time! LOL!

  • @MorningPetrichor
    @MorningPetrichor Рік тому

    Digressing; your right hand thumb at the first knuckle from the end allows the end of your thumb to bend back 90 deg. Mine does that on both hands and I often wondered if it made it harder for me to learn guitar. I'm learning bass now and am used to it, I have a long reach due to my height and being in proportion (everywhere 😊) so probably should have started with bass. Loving your instruction, your passion for even the sound of a scale is infectious, and it's like you are with me in my computer room just talking to me. Then you address everyone out there and break the illusion. But, you deserve more people subscribing to your music room. Maybe not enough OMGs or slapping something.

  • @cheryal2809
    @cheryal2809 Рік тому

    7:39 Man, that is funky. ( Aahhhhh. I've always been partial to the funk.)

  • @MuggfacePublishing
    @MuggfacePublishing Рік тому +3

    As a piano player, you know I can't play bass, so this is helpful, so thanks for that. I'll be thinking about this when I'm recording my next song, so thank you.

  • @Rangoslap8
    @Rangoslap8 10 місяців тому

    That make me want to learn bass...that stuff is very familiar to me James Brown/ Scofield/RnB/ my local Older church musicians ....its like sunshine....always glad to see it.
    Louis Johnson....
    I only play drums. Musician family

  • @tommyknapp895
    @tommyknapp895 Рік тому +29

    Spot on! As a bass player since the '80s, I have gotten a LOT of mileage out of the Dorian. Also, your phrasing is impeccable.

  • @Swaggmire215
    @Swaggmire215 8 місяців тому

    I play trombone but it easy to translate. I love thay fonk and live to hold baselines. Glad i found this channel

  • @BlackRootsUNLIMITED
    @BlackRootsUNLIMITED 10 місяців тому

    And all in one spot, literally, not too much movement, yet FUNKY. I recall Chuck Rainey saying similar; "There's lots of notes under one hand placing".
    Greetings from Uganda 🇺🇬👊🏿🖤

  • @jackhunt9725
    @jackhunt9725 Рік тому +7

    the natural minor shows up a lot in heavy metal and hard rock, like the song "little sister" by queens of the stone age. I only mention that song because i was learning it earlier today and they utilize this "b6 - 5 - b3" lick as a lead in to the main verse riff. using that minor 6. Love the dorian too, and your tone is amazing. Great video 👍

  • @guitarfumar
    @guitarfumar 10 місяців тому

    Yes my favorite mode of all time!

  • @jimmycrabtree-tb6jc
    @jimmycrabtree-tb6jc Рік тому

    Awesome!

  • @nunnayuhbitness6708
    @nunnayuhbitness6708 Рік тому

    I can be found at youtube "awesome 5/8 groove". This is a great theory lesson. Thank u very much!!!

  • @twangoldenbass
    @twangoldenbass Рік тому

    Love it!

  • @jerrycratsenberg989
    @jerrycratsenberg989 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @i_am_jtharris
    @i_am_jtharris 10 місяців тому

    That's pretty smooth!

  • @drewbirston6980
    @drewbirston6980 Рік тому

    Thanks for sharing this Rich, so funky!

  • @Gary-er4wk
    @Gary-er4wk Рік тому

    Nice source. Dig this man.

  • @JamesUdell
    @JamesUdell Рік тому

    Thanks for this, sir!

  • @Kbctl9190
    @Kbctl9190 Рік тому

    Awesome! Thanks ❤

  • @rasmuhamednasr4621
    @rasmuhamednasr4621 11 місяців тому

    Beautiful

  • @thejamnasium6447
    @thejamnasium6447 Рік тому +1

    I knew it had to be the natural 6th when I saw the video title. it's just the funkiest sound one can achieve

  • @wilfredomendez3450
    @wilfredomendez3450 6 місяців тому

    Beautiful and thanks for sharing

  • @geraldbayley5781
    @geraldbayley5781 10 місяців тому

    Thanks!

  • @darrylpowell8247
    @darrylpowell8247 10 місяців тому

    Sounds like some Collins right there.👌🏾

  • @spiderbass65
    @spiderbass65 Рік тому +1

    Great lesson, thank you!

  • @rowert1165
    @rowert1165 Рік тому

    THX !

  • @lloll72
    @lloll72 Рік тому

    bravo!

  • @user-jz5is8rg8m
    @user-jz5is8rg8m 9 місяців тому

    Yo, you are awesome!! thank you

  • @michaellawlor1267
    @michaellawlor1267 Рік тому

    Cool stuff, Rich

  • @thescreamingellens9616
    @thescreamingellens9616 Рік тому

    I’m sold!

  • @mistersample
    @mistersample Рік тому

    I appreciate your teachings. I look forward to catching more of your videos.

  • @ianfoo
    @ianfoo Рік тому +1

    Great video! Very accessible, and excellent welcoming vibe.

  • @noelsouza6930
    @noelsouza6930 Рік тому

    Bravo 👏👏👏👏

  • @randmockguitars4079
    @randmockguitars4079 Рік тому

    Great channel.. Great playing and info

  • @paul_solis
    @paul_solis Рік тому

    This is so useful for me! Appreciate you and your great content.

  • @biomechanism4515
    @biomechanism4515 Рік тому

    thats a revelation, thank you

  • @DawlessHouseMusic
    @DawlessHouseMusic 7 місяців тому

    This video helped me a lot. Thank you.

  • @harrywilliams5489
    @harrywilliams5489 Рік тому

    Thanks for the lessons Rich, God bless ya brother🤙

  • @thomaswalker8790
    @thomaswalker8790 Рік тому

    Super cool stuff!!

  • @TracedaBassman
    @TracedaBassman Рік тому

    Thank you Rich. You’re a great teacher.

  • @sharmitoboylos7585
    @sharmitoboylos7585 Рік тому

    excellent instruction thank you

  • @megasoid
    @megasoid Рік тому +1

    Love that bass line. Your tone is killer too, thank you.

  • @positivityfunction
    @positivityfunction Рік тому

    This is very useful and sounds awesome. Thanks.

  • @clarekeating5169
    @clarekeating5169 10 місяців тому +1

    man thank you, new favorite bass channel

    • @richbrownbass
      @richbrownbass  10 місяців тому +1

      Oh wow! Thank you so much, Claire. 🙏🏾🙂

  • @jward12
    @jward12 11 місяців тому

    Impressive. And very cool. Thank you Rich!

  • @marcin-talarczyk
    @marcin-talarczyk Рік тому +2

    Great video, to the point, explained in a super easy way! Keep groovin! ❤

  • @JaffaRoad
    @JaffaRoad Рік тому

    nice work Rich

  • @bellacephotography6086
    @bellacephotography6086 10 місяців тому

    Wow! you just blew my mind.

  • @LuisAraujoNit
    @LuisAraujoNit Рік тому

    Tnahks bro!

  • @philprice5712
    @philprice5712 Рік тому

    Thanks Rich. Great approach to your explanation. All but holding our hands in position. Cheers

  • @pauloesteves7983
    @pauloesteves7983 11 місяців тому

    Timbre murcho desse BAIXO....

  • @fragallo1188
    @fragallo1188 4 місяці тому

    Your clips are Gold. Thank you Mr. Brown

  • @Purdyroderick
    @Purdyroderick Рік тому

    Rich Brown is fantastic😊

  • @metallica3000
    @metallica3000 Рік тому

    Well presented sir. I use this scale - I love it as harmonically it opens up so much options and variations.

  • @Shoeshine71
    @Shoeshine71 11 місяців тому

    enjoy your manner of teaching, will look for more of your videos

  • @davidloflin3098
    @davidloflin3098 Рік тому +14

    I knew that The Funkiest Note in the World was going to be featured when I saw this come up. I like how you tied things together with this one Rich, you're an outstanding instructor.

  • @evantarleton1
    @evantarleton1 Рік тому +1

    You nailed it once again, as always, Rich! Beauty (and serious funk!) in simplicity!!

  • @MrDeadguy73
    @MrDeadguy73 Рік тому

    love these lessons Rich thanks!!! i am learning a lot from you Sir.

  • @milracing73
    @milracing73 Рік тому

    Love it

  • @keithmccarthy949
    @keithmccarthy949 Рік тому

    Great video!

  • @Likeaforest
    @Likeaforest Рік тому

    תודה!

  • @gbkny1
    @gbkny1 6 місяців тому

    You said Prince and i was like hmm. Then you started playing and i heard The Rainbow Children. Your good

  • @jonrflannery
    @jonrflannery Рік тому

    Love your channel. You knowledge is awesome and explanation of theory is palatable and easy to understand. Many blessings and appreciate you sharing that knowledge.

  • @beautifulcaucus
    @beautifulcaucus Рік тому +3

    Love your teaching style. You break things down so well why discussing complex stuff. Thanks!

  • @Nanu4711Nanu
    @Nanu4711Nanu 5 місяців тому

    i like it, i love it, thanks so much. 🥰

  • @RyanonBasss
    @RyanonBasss Рік тому +5

    first video I've seen of yours Rich. This is the kind of bass content I've been looking for and resonate with! Thanks for explaining this

  • @kitoffour5783
    @kitoffour5783 11 місяців тому

    This was one of the most helpful videos ive encontered. thank you

  • @romandelacruz9413
    @romandelacruz9413 Рік тому

    Nice...

  • @Moetown1986
    @Moetown1986 Рік тому

    Dude, your playing and tone are both so smooth.

  • @stuartholme4457
    @stuartholme4457 Рік тому +1

    "I know I wrote that bass line, but it's pretty funky, I gotta say." You know it is!

  • @stephenlee0307
    @stephenlee0307 Рік тому

    Thank you sir another great awesome lesson Sir thank you

  • @pierrelataillade7564
    @pierrelataillade7564 Рік тому

    Thanks big bother..... lots to absord here...

  • @preacherpdx5519
    @preacherpdx5519 Рік тому

    I Appreciate You

  • @heirling25
    @heirling25 10 місяців тому

    See, this is why I love the Brown'stone.

  • @StoanPhrogg
    @StoanPhrogg Рік тому +2

    Great vid Rich! Your videos are so concise and always eerily adjacent to something I want to learn more about. Started noodling in Dorian on my own last month (accidentally played that major sixth while trying reggae) and this gives me so many more ideas. Got a big grin out of seeing you play that intro theme in there too.

  • @mamadaminbeats
    @mamadaminbeats 6 місяців тому

    It was veery useful thanks aloot

  • @user-qp8iu6bv4o
    @user-qp8iu6bv4o Рік тому

    Замечательно!!!

  • @marcusparnell2403
    @marcusparnell2403 Рік тому

    That riff is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @brandonfindlay2249
    @brandonfindlay2249 5 місяців тому

    Loved the vid - subbed and have a great day!

  • @privateerburrows
    @privateerburrows 10 місяців тому +2

    My first encounter with this channel, and I'm subscribing with gladness. Great video. Lots of stuff to digest and assimilate.

  • @paultraynorbsc627
    @paultraynorbsc627 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for sharing much appreciated
    Liverpool UK 🇬🇧

  • @philipmcadam5339
    @philipmcadam5339 Рік тому

    I really enjoy the lessons that get me into the phonk. Peace and love.