The final flourish is almost like a little blues run. We’re starting on on an Em11 chord on the 14th fret here. Can you guess ...

These chords should give you a good start at figuring out how the tuning works. Simply tune your guitar as pictured above to ...

All the chords built on other notes in the scale of C are minor, except chord VII - the notes B – D – F, which is diminished. When a seventh is added to a chord this is known as a seventh chord.

These are the full shapes. It’s rare in funk to play all the strings, but it is still helpful to know which shape the ‘partial chords’ are taken from. Play these shapes first, then see if ...