Funk

Funk is a musical genre that was born between the mid to late 1960s when mainly African-American musicians fused soul, jazz, Latin rhythms (mambo, for example) and R & B resulting in a new rhythmic and danceable musical form. Funk reduces the prominence of the melody and harmony and, in exchange, gives more weight to the percussion and the electric bass line. Funk songs are usually based on a vamp (a repeated figure, section or accompaniment) extended over a single chord, distinguishing R & B and soul, more centered around the progression of chords.