funk beat
Tight bass-driven pulse
A funk beat is a rhythmic pattern characteristic of funk music, built around syncopated bass and drums with emphasis on the first beat of the measure—the "one." The groove typically features a driving bass line, crisp snare hits, and rhythmic guitar scratches that create a tight, danceable pocket: The song rides a classic funk beat.
James Brown's drummers established the template that hip-hop producers later sampled extensively.
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- in the pocketVirtually guaranteed, locked up
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
- slap bassPercussive string technique
rhythm · slap · thump · pocket · swing · soul · disco · parliament · bootsy · one drop · tight · drum break · downbeat · James Brown · shuffle · polyrhythm · breakbeat · backbeat
- drummingsnare drum, drum roll, drumroll, drumsticks, flam
- FunkFunkadelic, George Clinton, James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic, slap bass
- Electro-Funkelectro, synth bass, drum machine, vocoder, talkbox
- rhythmsrhythm, syncopation, offbeat, cadence, downbeat