 James Brown — performing in the Musikhalle of Hamburg, in February 1973. Image by Heinrich Klaffs, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 2.0 |
Dee Jimmy And The OffbeatsFunk Funk Music genre "Funky" redirects here. For other uses, see Funk (disambiguation). Not to be confused with phonk or Brazilian funk. For technical reasons, "Funk #49" redirects here. For the song, see Funk 49. Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the mid-20th century. It deemphasizes melody and chord progressions and focuses on a strong rhythmic groove of a bassline played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a percussionist, often at slower tempos than other popular music. Funk typically consists of a complex percussive groove with… (Source: Wikipedia)
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