Beginner Funk Bass Made Simple (Bootsy’s Funk Formula)

@JoshFossgreen, I’ve been busy going back over your course and have more “music theory” questions. I’m still trying to grasp some of those concepts (and I understand you are presenting this video outside of the lessons).

At around 10 min, you define the “funk box” shape as “root, 5th, flat 7th, and octave” but that would only apply to the Major Scales because of the “flat 7th”, right? You didn’t specify that in the video, but the key signature of the tune shows it is D minor.

So, could you also say that the shape is “root, fifth, seventh, octave” of any Minor scale?

Finally, would I be correct in assuming that saying “flat 7th” implies only Major scales?

Thanks very much and I appreciate your patience, Joe

(P.S. and I thought physical chemistry was difficult lol :smile: )

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