Funk
Funk is one of the fundamental movements of African-American music. It is dance music, which determines its musical characteristics: extreme syncopation of parts of all instruments (syncopated bass is called "funky"), pulsating rhythm, screaming vocals, repeated repetition of short melodic phrases, slap, which has become a distinctive element of funk, guitarists in funk bands play in a rhythmic style, often using the effect of wah-wah sound. "Dead" or muted notes are used in riffs to enhance the percussive elements.
