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He funky it's a musical genre who was born in the mid to late 1950s 1960s when musicians mainly african american merged soul , jazz , Latin rhythms ( mambo , for example) and R&B giving rise to a new rhythmic and danceable musical form. The funk reduces the prominence of the melody and of the harmony and gives, in return, greater weight to the percussion already the line of electric bass . Funk songs are often based on a vamp (a repeated figure, section, or accompaniment) spread over a single chord , distinguished from R&B and the soul , more centered around the chord progression.

Like much of African-American music, funk is often built on a groove complex created from rhythmic instruments such as the electric guitar , the electric bass , the hammond organ and the drummer , who play interlocking rhythms. Funk bands sometimes have a wind section formed by several saxes , trumpets and sometimes a trombone , who play rhythmic "hits".

Many of the most famous bands of the genre also played disco music and soul. Funk was a decisive influence on the development of music. disco music and of the afrobeat . On the other hand, the samples of funk have been widely used in genres such as hiphop , home and drum and bass . It has also had a major influence on go-go. (Wikipedia)