Groove (music)
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In music, groove is the sense of an effect of changing pattern in a propulsive rhythm or sense of "swing". In jazz, it can be felt as a quality of persistently repeated rhythmic units, created by the
Funk music, as performed by groups such as Parliament-Funkadelic, uses catchy electric basslines and drum patterns to create a propulsive, emphatic rhythmic "feel" that is often referred to as a "groove".
Benny Goodman, one of the first swing bandleaders to achieve widespread fame
Bassist Rex Brown of Pantera, a band associated with the "groove metal" scene.
Funk
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Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that wer
Groove (music)
…double bass, guitar, and keyboards). Groove is a significant feature of popular music, and can be found in many genres, including salsa, rock, soul, funk, and fusion. From a broader ethnomusicological perspective, groove has been described as "an unspecifiable but ordered sense of something that is…
James Brown, a pioneer of funk, in 1973; one of his many nicknames was the "Minister of New Super Heavy Funk"
The rhythm section of a funk band—the electric bass, drums, electric guitar and keyboards—is the heartbeat of the funk sound. Pictured here are the Meters.
Bootsy Collins performing in 1996 with a star-shaped bass
The drum groove from "Cissy Strut"