Cory Wong Lesson: Funk Rhythm Guitar
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- Featured in Guitarist 459 *Full tab in the magazine*
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I just lost like 20 picks.
😂😂 better than losing 5 fingernails though
hahaha..best!
Haha, so funny
Maybe I'm just high, but I laughed SO HARD at this one. 10/10
Some by breaking them, some by letting them just fly right off your fingers
It’s crazy to think that he’s named after a vulfpeck song
it was meant to be
@@tejhaba2471 wooosshhhh
That's the joke they tell on stage.. don't you pretend you're a genius ;-)
fcukSTi that wasn’t a woosh
every video...
This guy is definitely one of the top 16th note players in his age bracket
Bruh what?
that's pretty generous, given how you did not filter for geography and genre. (also, you should know you're a philosopher and a pimp for your flawless comment)
Neal Sanger he’s good at playing fast
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What a boring and weird way to think about music...
Edit: 😂
This is one of the best funk guitar lessons I've ever seen on UA-cam. I owe you money Cory. Thank you so much for taking the time to seriously teach funk this detailed. You rock man!
@@Iamgavrilo What's plastic about this? They seem to be covering similar stuff, just one has VHS grain and is way longer and one is a 15 minute video for a guitar channel lol
@@Iamgavrilo of course not, I saved the lesson you mentioned as despite the hilariously aged aesthetics, it seems really informative and the guy can clearly play. There's a little bit of difference in how they sound but neither of them lack in the funk department, and I doubt Ross would have any issues with Cory's playing if he were alive today. Just seems pointless to snipe is all :)
You do owe him money, and it’s time to collect, pal. I know where you live. 6:00 PM today, leave it on your porch, or else.
It’s crazy because this kind of guitar playing sounds like shit when 95% of guitar players do it. You gotta have perfect time and articulation. He sounds amazing
Lmao truee
@AutomobileFunk that's lazy. All great players have good timing, and no band wants a guitarist that can't hold a groove.
@AutomobileFunk not even accurate. He is a highly refined player with impeccable timing and rhythm. He sounds "perfect" because is excellent and what he does.
People hate on Cory because he's not a soloist. But he's a great player. He is someone you would actually want in your band, because he will elevate the sound of the band
@@sonsauvage people hate on him because he aont solo lol solos came from from word soul and he definitely hits it with soul his picking of individual strings is so on point that he could solo if he wanted no prob
A very eloquent and intelligent explanation on ‘groove’. When I play bass I have a tendency to play a little ahead of the beat, and a drummer I used to work with had the laziest behind-the-beat snare I’ve ever heard. But when we played together it was like we were joined at the hip and thinking as one. Groove is so much more important than pure military timing.
It only works when it‘s 100% aware
I love this for so many reasons, but I love how he has made a virtue of, and can communicate, the value of modern production and recording
13 people got carpal tunnel just watching the video
I have RSI and have been practicing the relaxed right hand engine thing. It actually helps a lot in relieving pain, seems to me if you're doing it right you're moving all your forearm and not just the weaker precision movement muscles, which usually are the ones to get injured.
lmaooooo
I cant play that! I Have Bones, not cartilago wrist :/
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@@jackdellad4602 RIP
Netflix: Are you still there?
Someones daughter: 5:44
Aw thank God, maybe you can help me. My donut has been acting up all week. I've tried everything. Any tips?
This is the comment of 2020
COTY comment of the year
dude i died
Hahahaha
As soon as he starts playing with the metronome, you hear the metronome grooving WITH him like what Carol Kaye describes. What a monster player.
3:34 - 4:00 I was really caught off guard to hear him "cross genres" and play the chords that a lot of guitarists learn as beginners. He didn't refer to it as something "basic" or beneath him, but as another medium through which he can employ his technique. I'd prefer to hear him play funk any day, but it was cool to watch him embrace something different and common for a moment in order to make his point and really make it his own.
What was that chord progression he did?
@@Chris-qk1np The first one was a "1 4" progression (in this case G and (Cadd9)). The second one was sort of like a "1 2 3 4 5 4" progression (in E) but he was padding the low E string the whole time and playing very open chords on top which is not uncommon to stumble upon in singer/songwriter circles (like Justin Nozuka's "My Heart is Yours" and "All I Need" or Ernie Halter's "Whisper"). Feel free to hit me up on IG @santicmusic if I can help break it down more there!
@@SantiCmusic Awesome. Thanks!!
@@Chris-qk1np what was it ?
@@marcosaenz4719 G and Cadd9, repeated
Fascinating and very well demonstrated and explained.....he is a quality player for sure
P^w
Never have I been more jealous of a man who dresses like a mime and has a wrist like a weed eater.
🤣
Golden lol
And what’s wrong with his hairstyle? It’s not long
Hahahaha dude
Nice one.
wow, I have one common point with his playing : when I practice with a metronome on my knee, it falls on the floor.
OK you've one part of the technique. Next get a navy striped shirt, then when you've mastered that get white pants. You'll be playing like Corey Wong in no time!
I used to put my rotary phone on one knee and my ticker-clicker metronome on the other but since the invention of iphone I lost my balance
Buy a real metronome and a table XD
Absolutely love that idea of “two dimensional” metronome practice and the way you described what one without the other could look like
You know a guitar is not relic’d when you see gaffers tape on one of the horns. That’s just a guitar life well lived.
Awesome tips!
Sadface if Fender Custom Shop comes out with a duct taped Cory Wong signature model...
@@Mikebumpful boy do we have a guitar for you lmao
i never get the point why buy a reliced instrument, play it 20 years and its "real" XD
Alternate title: "Cory Wong tells you to use a goddamn metronome"
This is one of the best explained practical advice from a genius whos heart feels music. It's such a hard balance, expressing such an abstract thing in a way I can concretely take tips from. Thanks for this and serious props.
Yep. No BS intended for people who know enough to listen.
My gosh... this is the style I've been wanting to learn for 2 decades...... Thanks a million for the lessons!
Oh man, you make us Wongs mighty real proud.
scientists said perpetual motion wasn’t possible, they clearly haven’t seen cory wong’s right hand
How can you dislike this ?? I mean i you are a guitar player you can always learn from the masters of their craft and Cory is a funk guitar master!
I always undrestood the importance of having that 16th note motor going but that huge range of motion that Cory employs really opened my eyes in terms of how that can affect your tone - I'm guessing mainly because of the attack and the chords/strings getting hit in quick unison.. Thx Cory, you rock (I mean funk) !!
My Lord! I've been searching for advanced rhythm techniques and this one is blowing my mind. The motor of the RH is going 16th beats the whole time!
He’s actually hitting the strings every times. Each 16th note. He means when he wants to not mute.
Yeee
Later on he also does some where he's not hitting the note. It's sort of both.
No shit
Very eloquently described. I've been teaching guitar most of my life and I love well delivered lessons
I've been trying to explore funk while practicing after I learned The Crunge and now play it all the time because it's just so much fun. I'd love to incorporate funk into whatever it is I do on the guitar. The half-time metronome tip seems pretty damn useful, thanks for that.
Hours of practice and dedication. Respect. Check out Ross Bolton intructional vids.
This video single handedly turned from a rock guitarist to a funk guitarist. That was my quarantine this year
One of the best instructional videos I've seen in a long time. Very well demonstrated and clearly explained. But I think I'm going to have to go to a thinner pick, because I'm either going to lose a lot of picks like John John or break a lot of strings.
Thinner picks definitely work better
Freakin awesome. At music school we had to do an exercise with a metronome at around 100 bpm, but hearing it as the third of 3 quarter note triplets. Then clapping a duplet based rhythm over the top. Turned my brain inside out.
But I'm sure it lead to your masterpiece... right?
I know this is random but can you give me 10 things you notice about his playing because I have an assignment where I have to do that but I don’t know anything about guitar, you don’t have to though
‘lost balance but kept time’ sounds like some kind of life lesson that I don’t understand yet
As a former marching percussionist turned guitar player, I really appreciate Cory's attention to playing in time, subdivision, and achieving a high level of rhythmic accuracy. Definitely something that is overlooked a lot.
Ik this is random but can you give me 10 things you notice about the playing because I got a guitar assignment where I have to do that and idk anything about guitar 😭
He uses the same metronome exercise as Gilad Hekselman both amazing players with amazing timing.
Only recently discovered this cat. I love what he does. Very tight and clean.
Cory learned to play the most low volume funk possible at mime school.
Such a wonderful lesson. Thanks for sharing!
Great subject and Cory definitely nails it. This is something I'm working on big time as throughout my guitar life I've felt most comfortable behind the beat. The subject of time is really an important subject and a subject often neglected by guitarists.
When I was a kid and I got my first guitar, it came with one free 1/2 hour lesson. That right hand "motor" strumming concept was part of that short lesson. Ska was trendy at the time, and I may have said I wanted to play ska, can't remember. Might have had something to do with it. Anyway I see a lot of guitarists play, and they never learned this lesson. Using exclusively downstrokes or other odd habits. They do well enough, just looks goofy is all. Thinking back on it now, that one single guitar lesson was great. I learned all the chord shapes, how to bar them, power chords, strumming, a few scales, how to read tabs. Gave me a few printouts of tabs of what we covered. It really was everything I needed to learn everything else, all in a short free session.
09:20 "I lost ballance, but kept the Time"
Cory grooves so hard the metronome couldn't handle it
The Metronome: "So, Cory is more exact than me...Have to go now, see ya soon..."
The way this dude expressed himself about timing in music.....
I did not know you I'm starting to listening your music now
Waiting for the Fender Cory Wong Artist Signature Stratocaster
Please
i think he don't need one, since what make his signature sound is mostly his techniques. Sure he also known for using that "4th position" to get some certain voicing, but again, he just stated that he can even play across genres, with his technique they will still sound like him.
Azrel Qaib admittedly that’s true for just about every guitarist. Outside of a few that have weird specifications, signatures are also basically just cool versions of that guitar. I’d buy it in a heartbeat probably
Cory Wong on the Cory Wong
No bridge pickup
Your wrist is highly loose and flexible ( as it should be ). I'm just astonished @how clean both your finger picking and strumming are!
I love this guys.. Love you playing and Explanation is very easy to understand..
He talk about metronome iam totaly agree man.
I bealive the key of music is time..
All the old soul guys took the same approach. The right hand always moves at 16ths. A lot of those guys counted in 16ths and then just picked which quarter of the beat they want to come in on. Wooten gives a terrific lecture on this from a bassist's perspective.
i also highly condone practicing with very simple drum loops/beats the same way you'd practice with a metronome (although I am a bassist ;-)
Real music, not anti-music . You have the heart of a teacher. Thanks.
2:44 You are w(r)ong, Cory. I could listen to that all day!
This is how i strum and ive been teaching kids how to play guitars and this si where they struggle with the flow of the rhythm of the tight hand. But some eventually gets it. It's ironic how this is very practical and for some people still a challenege of sorts.
I just teach basic guitars. Like begginers who doesn't know how a guitar is played im no pro guitarist.
I can play but I mostly a drummer and a bassist. I have a bit of frustration how to approach guitar playing since im on the rhythym end. I mean. I can lay down a guitar bed that we dont actually use because our guitarist does a different approach which i have to learn. This is why i watch videos on how pros play parts of the song and how they approach a rhythym with or without distortion.
This video is very helpful and coming from one of the best guitarist I know about. Ill be recommending this video to some of my student. So they are aware how pros play and apply these types of techniques. Im more on fundamentals. Thank you Cory.
I know this is random but can you give me 10 things you notice about his playing because I have an assignment where I have to do that but I don’t know anything about guitar, you don’t have to though
Fuck I dont know if it's the guitar skills or if it's how well spoken he is that's got me so impressed
Cory is so on point with mental focus and accountability with the metronome! Amen!
I’m most impressed that he doesn’t immediately change to the bridge pickup by accident. Strumming on a Strat with the location of that pickup selector is a chore
I know this is random but can you give me 10 things you notice about his playing because I have an assignment where I have to do that but I don’t know anything about guitar, you don’t have to though
Really hard to play at this rate without losing expression. Cory manages to keep all of it and more. Now that's funky...
Guy is amazing. Sounds easy to do, but there's a reason the producers call him, and not me.
This just changed my entire conception of rhythm playing... WHEW!
One of the best strat tones out there. Super unique tone and playing
Do we know anything about his Strat?
@@johnkennedy6690 it's a strat. It does strat things. It's a very good strat. There exist bad ones, but most are solid.
You want his tone? Buy a pretty much any strat or good strat copy and the same amp he has, then play with shit till you're able to dial similar tones. That'll get you 99% of the way there
The moment he starts playing to the metronome... my jaw just dropped and I fell to my knees in awe.
...ok, not quite. But pretty close.
when i try to do this on my strat i keep turning down my volume and changing pickups
I love strats but the volume knob placement is cruel
i just saw Paul Davis video saying dat lul
you can get your hands a bit closer to the neck so they hit the other empty part of the pickguard but its bit hard to get used to... it works for me tho goodluck btw!!
This is soo cool, I have been doing this while I'm just jamming alone for years and did not realize this was an actual guitar style. Funny thing is I'm also primarily a thrash metal guitar player lol
Huh imagine that, music is about timing and feel. Good to hear someone say it though. Just heard about this guy after NeuralDSP dropped his signature pack. He's a killer player.
So funky! 🔥
11:22 Apparently his jaws also got the 120 bpm timing nailed.
The way you right hand move is pretty amazing...
One of my favourite players, but the 'frantic' mode he's best known for is not my favourite style of his. I love the runs of 'double-stops' he does!
Aunt Leslie (Vulf) has some amazing double stoppage, love itttt
@@natebanks Exactly!
Wow I learnt so much about practice from this video, regardless of whether it's for rhythm guitar or not
Do the same with the compressor off. Genuinely wanna know how it sounds. Id think itd be pretty friggin consistent. Still would love to hear it for reference.
He's actually done so in several videos. Shows him playing with and without the compressor. It def adds something to his tone but he's without a doubt the type of player where the tone is in his hands.
Same :)
Cleans need a compressor, especially funk. I’m sure it sounds decent but not as good at all
Nah, it’s not the compressor doing that, it’s him and that all important position 4 strat sound.
A few years ago when I worked with Cory, it was as if we were one. My lazy baselines really brought out his crazy funk rhythm. The studio work was amazing, but when we played live in front of a arena audience, it was incredible. Ha ha, I still remember that dream like it was just last night. Sadly it really was only a dream.
I've been studying music since 3rd grade... And I've never thought about metronome practice like that. It definitely is 2 dimensional, that's so crazy I never noticed that before.
the whole keeping the motor and not thinking about specific patterns too much really changed my playing
Would be nice to hear what pick he uses and what thickness it is, and how it keeps it in fingers.
i personally use thin and grippy nylon picks for stuff likr this
Thanks Becks for sending this! Awareness, seeing time , feeling time and selecting feel over tempo! Essential principles of music playing.
Awesome video! I can play like that for about 5-6 seconds and then my hand starts yelling at me, "STOP, YOU FOOL!" Cory is amazing at this style.
The other thing that happens is my pick goes flying across the room.
Start slow - best advice for everything Not in your musclememory - doesnt work? Start slower - doesnt work? Start only thinking of doing the first 3 notes of it
@@loarzhapunkt I know this is random but can you give me 10 things you notice about his playing because I have an assignment where I have to do that but I don’t know anything about guitar, you don’t have to though
@@ZyxLo you have something like a Challenge where you got to play like cory without Knowing anyth about Guitar? How much time do you got?
@@loarzhapunkt oh no it was just an assignment of listing 10 things that Cory is doing, I don’t have to play anything
Intro of his credibility and the different ways he thinks of a metronome helping technical ability is cool but that aside... the meat of the video starts at 6:41 where he starts into the benefits of metronome practice to not “constrict” playing but to enhance a musicians awareness of time so they can see behind the scenes and know better where the other musicians are playing around the beat to create their own feel. I’m going to start using and preaching his 120/60/30 method for short isolated practice to help build mental muscle memory with my people. I don’t necessarily want to start recording with a metronome, but I’m convinced that it could help tighten everyone up just a little more in practice, in the studio and on stage. Great lesson! ✊
Some people say that 16th note motor isn't versatile. YOU'RE NOT VERSATILE!
Ikr. But my bass is. I've got the versatility knob on 11.
that's impossible
No more government subsidies for people who don't believe in the 16th note motor
What is it controlling?
I'm a drummer and this is the same process a good drummer has to take as well. It's so much easier on everyone to be on the same page timing wise this way.
his playing is so clean I could eat off it
Love ppl sharing knowledge.
Me: I got this!!
Carpal tunel: Hold my beer
Some of the best advice I've ever listened to.
5:45 - When a Guitarist comes with an already tuned guitar.
Playing that well in time at only 30bpm is nuts
I don't know how he gets that wrist so loose but still holds the pick so tightly.
He's not holding it tightly, his grip is loose enough to allow the pick some movement between his finger and thumb so that it glides over the strings. If you hold the pick too tight then it will fight it's way out of your grip but allowing it to move a little will help you to keep hold of it. Sorry for my poor explaination haha
@@dobbinish hey pls help me why my pick always stuck everytime i do fast strum?
is it because my pick is too thick? (1.5mm)
@@alessandro9740 A thinner pick will be easier but a 1.5mm will be fine if you work on your technique. Practicing strumming patterns to a beat (metronome) at slower speeds will help you have a more relaxed and even movement which will allow to eventually play more smoothly at faster speeds.
1.5mm might be more challenging to get precise with your dynamics. I’d personally try a .73 or .88, see how those work out
He must be using a light pick. If he’s not I give up
This guy definitely is one of the top 16th note players in his rage bucket.
good video for bass players to watch, too. too many bassists i know feel like they define what the funk is when no, they don't. it's a team sport. locking in with the drummer and laying a groove is more important. as soon as you see the audience start bobbing their head to what youre doing, then you can pretend youre jaco, but not before.
And this man is playing with Joe Dart who is basically the best bass player of our time.
That comment on Jaco had me dying
I think tips on pick and string gauge would serve as a significant addition to this rhythm guitar lesson. Would a lighter pick and/or string gauge make this funk style easier or more comfortable to play?
In summation, it's better to hit the wrong note at the right time than to hit the right note at the wrong time.
Love the motor imagery!
Always trust the dude with duct tape on his guitar 🙏
That tone is sick
Come on, Guitarist Magazine. You have this interview room full of guitars, amps, and effects pedals, and my man has to bring his own metronome!??!!
I mean, he had to bring The Funk too but I don't see you crying about it
I notice he "motors" higher up on the neck when he's playing the 90s rock. I did that myself, too, when I was first learning. People told me what I was doing was wrong. He seems to be doing the right thing here.
His slow 120 bpm was like right on 120 bpm haha
Right I noticed the same thing lol
Folks that just a clean amp with a lot of compression (either from loud strikes at the string to activate or sensitivity up) with trim set to a more natural or bassier sound. When he does that Wong rhythm you can clearly hear the compressor engage with each strike. It was funny when John Mayer told Wong he never used a metronome before lol
Listen to TOMO Fujita
Funking awesome. Well explained & very informative. An intelligent guitarist! Highly polished chops but the world needs some of it for sure
My computer doesn't have the frames to see his hand lol
Thanks for yours explications .
To have a better groove
Cory Wong's IQ surely is150. He's sees so many details, has multiple insights and distinctions where someone else would see a blank. Very much impressed me! I learnt alot! Thanks.
My free IQ-boosting lesson: "a lot" is two words, just like "a bit," "a little," "a large amount," ...
IQ and grammar are two very different things.
Imo it is a sign of low EQ (Emotional intelligence) to correct someone's writing online, or to care about grammar in general.
The world changes, gotta keep up or become that guy.
Choose wisely.
@@pappabearlee8938 Respect
I just discovered this guy today, I’ve been missing out.
what's that harry potter spell that removes your bones?
I hate that I know the answer to this.
Harry Potter and the people who should've read another book by now.
Imagine how fast he can jack it with that right hand. Bustin' in seconds.