All About The Funk
By Nelly Ruach Funk music has been one of my favorite to learn about. This form of music allowed for the creative ability of a
Sly Before and After the Family Stone
Sly Before and After the Family Stone Sunday school don’t make you cool forever. Sly Stone The tale of Sylvester “Sly
Summer of Soul Poem
It is amazing how unique black music is It can make people dance, sing, smile, and create, a joyful soul All around you see fellow
Taking Their Time: The SOS Band
Taking Their Time: The SOS Band Thesis The SOS Band also known as Sounds of Success is an electro-funk group who gained fame in the
Kc and The Sunshine Band : The Disco Band of the 70s
With a total of 15 musicians including the lead singer Harry Casey, KC and the Sunshine Band, took the disco and funk world by storm
The Versatility of Funk
By: MacKenzie Fox The most popular artists within the funk genre were popular for making people wanting to get down and funky but also due
James Brown
Father of Funk: James Brown By: Alexia Khalil Funky James Born in South Carolina in 1933, James Brown lived an interesting life and left an
How Funk Helped African American Culture
How Funk Music Helped Black Urban Communities Become Seen Funk music dominated the airwaves in the 1970s and 1980s but could be said to have
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Funk is…By: Brooke and Di
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-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 chord progressions used in other related genres and brings a strong rhythmic groove of a bass line played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a drummer to the foreground. Like much of African-inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments playing interlocking grooves. Funk uses the same richly-colored extended chords found in bebop jazz, such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths, or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths.
