How To Play Uptown Funk On Guitar

By Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson

This is a guitar lesson to show you have you can play the funky song  “Uptown Funk” on acoustic guitar. There many ways to play a song and this is a version in which you can as a soloist singer guitar player or part of a group play this song acoustically but still retain the funky essence and feel of the song. So let’s learn how to play Uptown Funk on guitar….

This song reminds me of the wicked band Earth Wind And Fire and some of Michael Jackson’s music with all the old school funky guitar lines. This songs is based primarily around two chords, D minor and G but from here we can  take it further for example…Experimenting with higher extensions of the chord such as in the case D minor, into D minor 7th and D minor 9th.

In this version I’ll focusing on D minor 9th and G 7th and at the end of the video I’ll show you the other bits you can chuck it if you so wish.

As always I encourage you to make what every song you learn your own… If it sounds good then go with it. I love it when I hear different interpretations of a song and this is how you obtain your own style. Grab the bits and put it together for whatever sounds good to you.

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Step 1 Lean the song via video.

Press play on the video below to learn “Uptown Funk” by Bruno Mars.

Step 2 Grab the chords and lyrics

There are two versions below. The detailed one is what I start with until I’m confident then I switch over to the simple version as this has the chords at the top and then lyrics making it easier to sing along with.

 

 

Step 3 Practice with the Original Song using chords and lyrics from Step 2.

Below you’ll find the original version for you to practice with.

Step 4 

When you’re at step 4 you can take your ipad with my anywhere and have your full song repertoire at your finger tips ready to play… no more forgetting lyrics or chords.

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Did you like this lesson and wanted more ? You may be interested in some of the other I’ve done. See a sample below…

Thanks for stopping by to learn how to play Uptown Funk on guitar I really appreciate it.

Cheers,

Jase