They all shared a love of artists like James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Tower of Power and Earth Wind and Fire. The original band members met in music school, where most of them studied Jazz. This kind of chemistry from a band is a real, rare treat.” - Bill Kolter, Peachfest Entertainment Coordinator. “On stage, every single member is equally strong in their musicality and their delivery. Their music has been compared to the likes of Jamiroquai, James Brown and Tower of Power. The band’s sound fuses heavy-hitting dance grooves with flashy horn lines, energetic instrumental solos and soaring vocals that will make you want to dance all night. They are a staple in the diets of thousands of funk-lovers thanks to their 8-year residency at the Arts Club's Backstage Lounge, where they have performed weekly from 2011-2018. Since forming in June 2009, the Phonix has performed at nearly 600 events and festivals. If you want to hear Top 40's popular music you simply turn on the radio, but if you want to see the Classics done right there is no other band but The Phonix! The Phonix are a 9-piece Canadian band from Vancouver BC that plays all your Funk Soul R&B classics. Music that everyone LOVES!Īt that time, our goal was to provide our musical family with the means to make a good living through performance and simultaneously provide our fans with a great excuse to smile, laugh and dance. Little did we know that what started as a fun project would blossom into one of the best event and wedding services in Vancouver! We put everything into recreating the well-known and timeless music that we grew up with.

Not so long ago, we held our music degrees in our hands and asked, 'What on earth are we going to do with a music degree?' 'Hey, let's form a band and see where it takes us!!' So we did. In fact, we are your live and local friendly neighbourhood Vancouverites who graduated with degrees in Jazz Music from Capilano University. Coincidentally, Phönix does mean phoenix in German.

Pull-Offs: When removing your finger from a fret, use your fretting hand to pluck the string instead of coming straight off.'It's the Phonix, not Phoenix,' we said, grinning, to yet another client who thought our band was named after the legendary bird that rises from the ashes.

Hammer-Ons: Instead of plucking a note, slam your finger down on the string at the fret you want, sounding it out with just this hand.

Slides: Play a note and, without taking your hand off the string, slide down (or up) to the next note you want to play, fluidly transitioning down (or up).

You can also pull the string downward, too. You should hear the note's pitch change as you bend the string.

Bends: With your finger on the fret, use 2-3 fingers to push the string up the neck.

You should hear the note 'waving' based on how high or far you shake the string.

Vibrato: Keeping your finger on the string, shake your hand up and down.

Bass is a very physical instrument, and your ability to handle and manipulate the strings is how you wring emotion and power out of every note: Many bassists can play 10 notes and sound good, but only the best players can play one note and make it sound amazing. Use accenting techniques to make selected notes stand out. It is called 'flattened' as it is one semitone (one fret) lower than the seventh note of a major scale. An A7 chord consists of the notes A, C#, E, and the flatted seventh, G. The is a major chord with a flatted seventh note.

Another chord to learn is the dominant seventh chord.

For example, in the key of C Major, two scale notes down from C is A minor. For any major key, you go two scale notes down from the root of the major scale and that gives you the relative minor.

This relationship between major and relative minor holds up and down the fretboard, for all major scale keys.

The F# minor scale is called the relative minor of A major.

Otherwise put, a song in A-major can use either the A-major scale or the F#-minor scale.If you start a minor scale on the sixth note of the major scale, in this case the 2nd fret F# (on the E string), all of these notes will fit in your song as well! To find the notes, take the major scale in the key you're playing, for example, the A major shown above. This handy trick will double the number of notes at your disposal when playing songs, though it is important to note that they still have different feels. Learn how the major and minor scales are combined to play even further down the neck.

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