Funk: Music Genre
Funk Music Definition: Funk is defined as a ” a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960’s when African-American musicians created a
For the FUNK of It
For the FUNK of It https://blackmusicscholar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/videoplayback.mp4 Funk music; that groovy, hypnotic music that makes your body move against its will. Funk music; music for the
Fantastic Voyage to the Land of Funk
Beginning the Journey Funk music is a mixture of soul, R&B, and a splash of jazz. This music evolved around the late 1960’s with a
We’ve Got the Funk!
Background on Funk Music and it’s Relation to Disco Now we’re in the late 70’s and we’re introduced to a genre entitled Funk. Funk music
Disco All The Way
Four On The Floor Element of Disco 1970’s What is Disco? Disco as a genre emerged out of an urban culture in the early 1970s.
We Got the Funk:George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic!
An Introduction to Funk Music What is Funk Music? What does it mean for something to be funky? Funk music is a form of dance
A Dive into the History of Funk
Where did Funk Come From? James Brown was a Blues, R&B and Soul singer in 1950. By the mid 1960s, he was named the godfather
Make it FUNKY Now!
From the TOP! During the 1970s this fun and futuristic music changed the streets of America with its outrageous fashion, unique vision and streetwise slang.
It’s time to get Funk(y)
Funk, being known for is outside-the-box label, was originated in the late 1960s. Funk has its unpredictable sense of lyricism combined with aggressive grooves that
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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.