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Tuesday, 12 January 2010

Research-FUNK MUSIC- MEGAN! :O

Funk DEemphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rythimic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground. Funk songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord, distinguishing it from R&B and soul songs centered around chord progressions.

Like much African-inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments such as electric guitar , electric bass, Hammond organs, and drums playing interlocking rhythms. Funk bands sometimes have a horn section of several saxaphones, trumpets , and in some cases, a trombone which plays rhythmic "hits".

Many of the most famous bands in the genre also played disco and soul extensively. Funk music was a major influence on the development of disco music, and funk samles were present in most styles of house music and early hip hop music

CULTERAL ORIGINS- late 1960's America
INSTRUMENTS USED- Drums, keyboards,
MAINSTREAM POPULARITY- High in the 1970's 'old school funk' there was a later arrival of funk beats in metal

DERIVATED FORMS- Disco, electro music, R&B

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