El Funk es un género musical que nació entre mediados y finales de los años 1960 cuando músicos principalmente afroamericanos fusionaron soul, jazz, ritmos latinos (mambo, por ejemplo) y R&B dando lugar a una nueva forma musical rítmica y bailable. El funk reduce el protagonismo de la melodía y de la armonía y dota, a cambio, de mayor peso a la percusión y a la línea de bajo eléctrico. Las canciones de funk suelen basarse en un vamp (una figura, sección o acompañamiento repetidos) extendido sobre un solo acorde, distinguiéndose del R&B y el soul, más centrados alrededor de la progresión de acordes. Como buena parte de la música de influencia africana, el funk suele construirse sobre un groove complejo creado a partir de instrumentos rítmicos como la guitarra eléctrica, el bajo eléctrico, el órgano Hammond y la batería, que tocan ritmos entrelazados. Los grupos de funk tienen en ocasiones una sección de viento formada por varios saxos, trompetas y, a veces, un trombón, que tocan "hits" rítmicos. Muchas de las más famosas bandas del género también tocaron música disco y soul. El funk fue una influencia decisiva en el desarrollo de la música disco y del afrobeat. Por otra parte, los samples de funk han sido utilizados de modo generalizado en géneros como hip hop, house y drum and bass. También ha tenido una influencia capital en el go-go.

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Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid- to late 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. Funk songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord, distinguishing them from R&B and soul songs, which are built on complex chord progressions. 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. Like much African-inspired music, funk typically consists of a complex groove with rhythm instruments such as electric guitar, electric bass, Hammond organ, and drums playing interlocking rhythms. Most funk bands have a horn section of several saxophones, trumpets, and in some cases, a trombone, which plays rhythmic "hits" and "punches". Funk originated in the mid-1960s, with James Brown's development of a signature groove that emphasized the downbeat—with heavy emphasis on the first beat of every measure, funky bass lines, drum patterns, and syncopated guitar riffs. Other musical groups, including Sly & the Family Stone and Parliament-Funkadelic, soon began to adopt and develop Brown's innovations. While much of the written history of funk focuses on men, there have been notable funk women, including Chaka Khan, Labelle, Brides of Funkenstein, Klymaxx, Mother's Finest, and Betty Davis. Many of the most famous bands in the genre also played disco and soul extensively. Funk derivatives include funk rock (e.g., Red Hot Chili Peppers); boogie (or electro-funk), a form of electronic music; electro music, a hybrid of electronic music and funk; funk metal (e.g., Living Colour); G-funk, a mix of gangsta rap and funk; Timba, a form of funky Cuban popular dance music; and funk jam (e.g., Phish). Funk samples have been used extensively in genres including hip hop, house music, and drum and bass. It is also the main influence of go-go, a subgenre associated with funk.

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