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Blues Funk Licks by James

Tasty blues funk licks for bluesy funky guitar licks soloing! Get that funky blues edge in your guitar solos with some licks from some legendary bluesy funky guitar players Freddie King, Albert King, Otis Rush and others. Armed with these blues funk licks you'll be all set to hit the stage at that blues or funk jam session and rip out an awesomely funky blues guitar solo!

All these blues funk licks are in the key of D using the D blues scale played up at the 10th fret. You can practice these blues funk licks with the same backing track I'm using HERE:

On my YouTube channel: Bluesy Funky Jamtrack: https://youtu.be/u8o6n8u5iCM

1:00 The first of the blues funk licks uses some repeating bends and a repeating picked fragment. You can use pull offs if you prefer...but picking it gives it more attack and a bluesy, funky flavour.

3:53 Blues funk lick number 2 starts with a funky double stop move. Remember this, it's great for getting a funky sound! Be sure to follow the picking I use on this part of the lick and the left hand muting guidelines I show you. This will help put the funk into the lick.

7:35 The third of our blues funk licks using a wicked repeating bend idea. Hold it up and pick it over and over for a funky blues sound heard in all the solos by the funkiest blues players around!

10:00 Learning these blues funk licks will certainly help you play cool blues funk solos, but it's just the start! You need to experiment and use the parts of these licks as building blocks for licks of your own. Follow these tips and demo to help you do this.

That's it for now. Hope you enjoy learning and playing these funky blues licks and the endless blues funk jams you can use them in!

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