funk music

The word 'funk' is derived from the Latin 'fumigare' which literally means 'to smoke' and connotations linked to 'odour', and 'musty'. Its adjective 'funky' was commonly used to describe jazz music as it was something that was 'earthy' or deeply felt. From 'funky' came 'funk'.

/ˈfəŋki/ Something that's funky has a strong musical rhythm or beat, and a deep bluesy sound. You might practice some funky bass lines before auditioning for your school's jazz band. Funky tunes have some of the spirit of the 1960s-era music genre called funk, a branch of R&B that's influenced by soul and jazz music.

dance music Funk is an instrumental and vocal genre of dance music popularized in the 1970s that embraces many styles from the jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, soul jazz, gospel, and rock traditions. Rhythm takes precedence over melody and harmony, and repetitive “grooves” keep the dancers moving.

Responding to Black America's struggle to be seen and heard, artists including James Brown, George Clinton, and Curtis Mayfield helped to develop a musical style known as Funk, a genre that specifically addressed black audiences and black circumstances.

Funk creates an intense groove by using strong guitar riffs and basslines played on electric bass. Like Motown recordings, funk songs use basslines as the centerpiece of songs. Indeed, funk has been called the style in which the bassline is most prominent in the songs, with the bass playing the "hook" of the song.

James Brown James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, created the DNA for funk. Musicians LA Buckner and Nahre Sol explore how he created funk music, as well as how Brown's music influenced hip hop. They break down the sound of the genre, and create their own funky original song in the process.

funky adjective (STYLE) in a style that is informal and unusual: Darcy usually wears really funky clothes.

Earnest locals have fitted funky new lighting and a bar. The funky music plays in the background while the beautiful people in white dance to techno music around their test tubes. You're a young funky chick and it aged you a bit. They are stylish and funky, a good price and cheap to insure.

Funk features strong bass lines, or music lines played by low-pitched instruments and has a heavy syncopated beat, meaning a beat with emphasis changed from strong beats to off beats and accents. Funk music also possesses a distinctive groove, or sense of rhythmic movement that makes you want to get up and dance.

Characteristics of Funk As both its own genre and as an influence on other styles that have come later, funk has at least four identifying characteristics: syncopation, strong downbeats followed by a 16th note groove, seventh chord variants, and grooves driven by the bass guitar.

James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, created the DNA for funk. Musicians LA Buckner and Nahre Sol explore how he created funk music, as well as how Brown's music influenced hip hop. They break down the sound of the genre, and create their own funky original song in the process.

to smoke The word funk initially referred (and still refers) to a strong odor. It is originally derived from Latin "fumigare" (which means "to smoke") via Old French "fungiere" and, in this sense, it was first documented in English in 1620.