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- Funk abstract "Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid- to late 1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B). Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground. Funk songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord, distinguishing them from R&B and soul songs, which are built on complex chord progressions. Funk uses the same extended chords found in bebop jazz, such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths, or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths.Like much African-inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments such as electric guitar, electric bass, Hammond organ, and drums playing interlocking rhythms. Funk bands sometimes have a horn section of several saxophones, trumpets, and in some cases, a trombone, which plays rhythmic \"hits\". Funk originated in the mid-1960s, with James Brown's development of a signature groove that emphasized the downbeat—with heavy emphasis on the first beat of every measure, funky bass lines, drum patterns, and syncopated guitar riffs. Other musical groups, including Sly & the Family Stone and Parliament-Funkadelic, soon began to adopt and develop Brown's innovations. While much of the written history of funk focuses on men, there have been notable funk women, including Chaka Khan, Labelle, Brides of Funkenstein, Klymaxx, Mother's Finest, and Betty Davis.Many of the most famous bands in the genre also played disco and soul extensively. Funk derivatives include funk rock (e.g., Red Hot Chili Peppers); boogie (or electro-funk), an electronic music; electro music, a hybrid of electronic music and funk; funk metal (e.g., Living Colour); G-funk, a mix of gangsta rap and funk; Timba, a form of funky Cuban popular dance music; and funk jam (e.g., Phish). Funk samples have been used extensively in genres including hip hop, house music, and drum and bass. It is also the main influence of go-go, a subgenre associated with funk.".
- Funk derivative Boogie_(genre).
- Funk derivative Contemporary_R&B.
- Funk derivative Disco.
- Funk derivative Electro_(music).
- Funk derivative Hip_hop_music.
- Funk derivative House_music.
- Funk derivative Liquid_funk.
- Funk derivative New_jack_swing.
- Funk instrument Bass_guitar.
- Funk instrument Clavinet.
- Funk instrument Conga.
- Funk instrument Drum_kit.
- Funk instrument Drum_machine.
- Funk instrument Electric_guitar.
- Funk instrument Hammond_organ.
- Funk instrument Horn_section.
- Funk instrument Keyboard_instrument.
- Funk instrument Piano.
- Funk instrument Synthesizer.
- Funk musicFusionGenre Acid_jazz.
- Funk musicSubgenre Go-go.
- Funk stylisticOrigin Jazz.
- Funk stylisticOrigin Psychedelic_rock.
- Funk stylisticOrigin Rhythm_and_blues.
- Funk stylisticOrigin Soul_music.
- Funk wikiPageExternalLink watch?v=Z3xSXc1vy5I.
- Funk wikiPageID "10778".
- Funk wikiPageLength "50486".
- Funk wikiPageOutDegree "494".
- Funk wikiPageRevisionID "707185352".
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink 1960s_in_music.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink 1_Thing.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Acid_jazz.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink African-American_music.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink African_Americans.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Afrika_Bambaataa.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Afro.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Afrobeat.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Alfred_%22Pee_Wee%22_Ellis.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Alternative_rock.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Ambient_music.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Americana_(music).
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Amerie.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Barry_White.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Bass_guitar.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Beat_(music).
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Bebop.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Bell_pattern.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Bennie_Maupin.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Berklee_College_of_Music.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Betty_Davis.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Beyoncé.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Biddu.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Bill_Summers_(musician).
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Black_Sweat.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Blues_scale.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Boogie.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Boogie_(genre).
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Brand_New_Heavies.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Buddy_Bolden.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Call_and_response.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Cameo_(band).
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Car_Wash_(song).
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Douglas.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Category:1960s_in_music.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Category:1970s_in_music.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Category:Funk.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Catfish_Collins.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Cell_(music).
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Chaka_Khan.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Chanking.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Wright_&_the_Watts_103rd_Street_Rhythm_Band.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Chic_(band).
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Chord_progression.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Chuck_Brown.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Cissy_Strut.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Clave_(rhythm).
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Clavinet.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Clyde_Stubblefield.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Cold_Sweat.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Columbia_University.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Commodores.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Computer_Music_Center.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Con_Funk_Shun.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Conga.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Contemporary_R&B.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Crazy_in_Love.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Cybotron_(American_band).
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Dance.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Dance-punk.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Daptone_Records.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Dave_Bartholomew.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink David_Bowie.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Dazz_Band.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Deep_funk.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Diana_Ross.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Digital_Underground.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Digital_synthesizer.
- Funk wikiPageWikiLink Disco.