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1 2 Funk Music & Soul Music  Lesson Objectives Objective 1 Objective 2 To be able to define Funk To identify Musical devices music used within Funk 4 Soul Music What do you know?...

1 2 Funk Music & Soul Music  Lesson Objectives Objective 1 Objective 2 To be able to define Funk To identify Musical devices music used within Funk 4 Soul Music What do you know? 5  6 Soul music originated in the African-American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It has its roots in gospel, rhythm and blues, and blues music. Soul music is characterized by its emotional subject matter, which often addresses love and social issues, especially those faced by African Americans “  7 Soul music is called soul music because of its origins. While soul music borrowed styles from jazz and rhythm and blues, soul music originated from gospel music sung and played in African American churches. The term soul was derived from the purpose of gospel music to help save the souls of people. “  Important Artist 1 and musician What musicians and artists are important in this style of music 8 Important artists Sam Cooke Ray Charles James Brown Aretha Franklin Otis Redding Marvin Gaye Supremes 9 Musicians The Funk Brothers 10 Timeline https://timeline.carnegiehall.org/genres/soul 11 Funk Music What do you know? 12  13 Funk is a music genre that originated in Black American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B). “  14 Funk music started to emerge in black American communities, combining elements of established genres – such as soul, jazz and R’n’B – in a more rhythmic and dance-oriented way “ 1 Funk Theory What is this section about? 15 Musical Devices Natural Minor (Major scale) Extended Chords (7th, 9th, 13th extensions) Riff based Sections Very Simple structure (A,B,A,B) Strong downbeats, followed by 8th or 16th note grooves Syncopation! 16 Blues Scale Minor scale is heptatonic scale Major: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Minor: 1, 2,♭3, 4, 5,♭6, ♭7 17 2 modes Mixolydian: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ♭7 Dorian: 1, 2,♭3, 4, 5, 6, ♭7 Good times (rappers delight) 18 Blues Scale Blues scales in context Major: C, D, E, F, G, A, B Minor: C, D, E♭, F, G, A♭, B♭ 19 1 Review Let’s test your knowledge? 20 Review What happens now ? ◉ Next time we are looking at Funk ◉ You need to revise Musical devices 21