"I don't know know what you're doing, you're just jamming on an A7" Feels like a phrase I can use in everyday conversation

He forgot to mention that none of this works if you don’t wear a striped shirt

This was the most tasteful "correction-if-you-want-it" guitar tutorial.

Tower of Power guy said "We play the same notes as everyone else, but shorter"

This is an excellentllent piece of teaching.. Cory lays out the "problem" making his case in a very non-judgmental way, explains the fix focusing on the musicality he is imparting, demonstrates it, then reviews and reiterates the points. Not just a great player, a great teacher. Fantastic

3:43 "I think of it as a tambourline with a ton of different pitches" - Jack Stratton

This is a masterclass. The knowledge you get from a 6-minute video by Cory is insane, that's how good he is.

What he talks about at 1:43 is VERY true. I see people playing funk and not muting anywhere near enough. Two or three strings at a time!

That right hand control is insane

The telltale “funky stroke” marks on Cory’s strat are a thing of beauty, as is his mechanical jellyfish of a right hand

I accidentally turned on my metronome and it aligned PERFECTLY with his playing at 1:11 It was 120 BPM. Crazy.

I’ve reached the algorithm of guitar tutorials to finally come across my favorite band’s guitarist giving me funk lessons... who would’ve thought 💭

I could listen to him all day..

The left hand tip has blown my mind - I have never connected the elegance and simplicity of how funk breaks down the basic chord in this way. So obvious when you think about it, but Cory explains it so well.

A pleasure to here him express positively something that looks simple BUT is so very difficult!!Well done and thanks

somebody give that pick guard a raise

Really think this dude could give an hour masterclass and I'd be tuned in.

This is such a good lesson. So concise and clear.

Still trying to figure out that cartilage thing...

He’s got good control over the pick when strumming like that. I feel mine would eventually go flying across the room lol

Feel is a big thing too it can be learned over time but some people GOT IT Cory Wong GOT IT

Really really excellent, clear teaching here. I'd like to see a lot more from him.

He makes it look so easy

the lesson about changing your voicings and filling the right frequency range is really great

Man you are so straight up and to the point and I love it.

He is fascinating to listen to, a true contemporary guitar hero!

position 4 strat, vox amp, good compressor

He forgot the number one tip: POSITION 4!

Great lesson 🔥

Your right hand motor tip is the best advice i got in 8 years playing! Saw a video about this 3 years ago and it changed my play 💜thanks so much!

this is gold!!! thank you!

Ty so much. Love your stuff cant believe you got a lesson on here this is so cool ty ty ty

In my circle avoiding the notes reserved for bass and piano is required for proper complimenting, and the rootless or small voicings are called shell voicings. I will be working on right hand technique thanks to this instructors gentle "correcting" :)

Total GOLD ! Thanks !

This was a really good lesson

Very well explained. Thanks.

Great lesson!

Pure edutainment, right there.

Great lesson! 👍

Remember people, even though he shows you fast paced funk leads, those leads can be slowed down and applied across a wide range of R&B and funk like grooves. He is a serious player by all means! Listen to players like Nile Rogers, Ray Parker Jr. just to name a couple. Funk is a groove. Once you get that bass line and the drums in sync, you can soar. Funk is R&B's faster paced little brother! Cory Wong could play in any funk or R&B environment! He is that good! Funk and R&B! Music that makes you want to move! Cory has the Funk!

Realy nice i love it i need learn this

Love that beatin up strat!!

Thank you for this. Helps

Awesome guy! Thanks for the tips!

Thanks for the tips!

Cory Wong explaining how to be Cory Wong. It only takes you to be Cory Wong. 😂👏 You're amazing, keep up the great work!

Amazing

I'm a drummer and i love Cory W. and Mark L. and i watch guitar lessons to understand why they are so cool :D

It also helps that he is holding the pick a la George Benson witch gives you a very strong upward motion, keeping down and upstroke really balanced.

Love it!

My new favorite guitar player!! Rhythm guitar players in general are soooo overlooked and underappreciated as to what they bring to the band. ( Even in rock Malcolm Young, John Lennon, and yes Eddie Van Halen is a tremendous rhythm player who happens to be pretty good at lead too! Lol... ) Watch the Vulpeck Madison Square Garden video and see him in his element. I was blown away by his energy and enthusiasm. You can see traces of it when he starts playing in his seat!

damn cory! u a dope ass teacher brotha!

i don't play guitar but i feel like these tips can be great for a beginner (talking about myself, lol) to understand some composition, if you try to dig into them a bit. saying this because many guides/tutorials/whatever teach fundamental music theory. this one goes into my bookmarks, thanks

Ahhh the tone!!!!

Awesomeness!!!

Nile Rogers said he never plays more than three strings at a time. Also, the less you hear the funkier it feels.

Cory you legend, thanks

Thank you so much

Cool!

I always wondered why Cory Wong played how he played. He plays phenomenally, but i l didn't understand why he played a little.......thin. He left a LOT of room whenever he played, and I was confused by that. But now I understand why he did that. He's like a mid/high range rhythm section member. I dig it. And of course Cory has BEEN had the right hand on lock. Looka da flicka da wrist!!!!!! Learned a lot from this.

That wrist bro ✊

cory you the man

Favourite guy in music. Also, wondering when he took the tape off his pickup selector.....

youve gotta feel it

damn that's good stuff

Wa'h'ayyyy , Groovie Brother !! 👍 👀

i just wanna say this style of motoric up and down motion with the right can also be represented easily in rock and blues music. Look up Wilco Johnson and his band Dr Feelgood. You'll notice, much like Cory, he plays with his thumb over the top, and the constant motion of his right hand allows him to play both rhythm and lead simultaneously. Folk musicians do this a lot too (Guy Van Duser's Stars and Stripes Forever is a great example of this, where he plays both parts on one six-string guitar simultaneously)

Excellent advice! Thanks Cory my dude (: my band thanks youuu lol

Im actually trying to incorperate this style of playing and chords with more traditional rock power cords to try and creat stuff thats heavier but also funky/groovy

He looks so disappointed by my right-hand timing when he starts his playing stare.

Happy 50th birthday cory!

Man I wish this guy was my guitar teacher.

You know, some people explain things and they make no sense. This presentation makes sense. Thanks!

I feel like every thing Cory Wong touches, becomes funky. He’s like the King Midas of funk.

🔥🔥🔥

Would LOVE to see the knobs on that Vox. Great Strat/Vox tone I am struggling with.

Nice strat reliced by the force of a pick in 1600 revoultions per minute

Great video! Just wondering if you could repeat this video for lefty's...😂🥁🎸❤️ Come back to Asheville NC!

Brilliant! Thanks for the amazing lesson

Awesome lesson, seems like a really nice guy, that strats seen some stuff tho...

This was the most helpful how-to I've seen yet. Thank you Mr Wong

"Their time is not amazing"...lol

What plectrum material and thickness does he use ?

Thanks for these great tips! How do you prevent the pick from sliding? Do you use the rounded end?

he is very good

After doing that right hand movement for a while, I feel like I've been working out in the gym doing curls. Maybe I'm keeping my muscles too tense.

I need a vulfpeck and ghostnote collab

Wowww that sounds amazing, please explain the technique more slow,!!!! Even the paint on your guitar is demaged, is for that technique?????

2:06 he playing limp bizkit "faith"

aye aye captin

When you are striking all of your strings, how much of your pick should you have out? I struggle with muting, clean string striking, pick moving around when trying to play. I now realize how great strats are

"SLY" brother.

Cory Wong, probably one of the few guitarist in the world that doesn't thinks only on himself

His parents must love Vulfpeck, since they named him after one of their song...

I always thought the secret is in that extra bendy thumb 😂

Este chabon es un crack

My drummer said he doesnt like Cory's tone. Now he's my old drummer.

I've been trying to get the right hand "motor" running for years but still can't seem to figure it out

No offense to the featured guitarist in the vid but check out Ross Bolton's (RIP) videos. He was doing this style of guitar decades ago. Obviously Nile before that. Also check out Carlos Alomar (Bowie's long time guitarist).

What song is at 1:02