Funk — Vamps, Stabs & the One · CaChink Learn

Intermediate · 7 swipeable cards. Funk harmony barely moves — so everything happens in the right hand. Five grooves, why each one sits, and how to solo when nothing changes.

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• Rhythm — Feel, Time & the Comp — The right hand is the instrument. Eight grooves you can play against — straight, swung, four-to-the-bar, Charleston, sixteenths, the One — with the mechanism behind each one.
• Jazz I — The ii–V–I Toolkit — Six progressions that between them cover most of the Real Book — plus what to play over each one.
• Jazz II — Rhythm Changes, Coltrane & Modal — What to play when the ii–V–I stops being enough: fast turnarounds, three tonal centres, and one chord for sixteen bars.
• Funk — Vamps, Stabs & the One — Funk harmony barely moves — so everything happens in the right hand. Five grooves, why each one sits, and how to solo when nothing changes.