Funk
Funk is a high-energy music genre that emerged in the mid-1960s in the United States, defined by its emphasis on the 'one'—the first beat of the measure. It fuses soul, jazz, and R&B into a dance-oriented sound characterized by syncopated bass lines, polyrhythmic percussion, and sharp horn stabs.
Origin: United States, primarily within African American communities in the Midwest and South.
Era: 1960s onward, peaking in the 1970s.
