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TIMELINE
Stylistic Similarities between Funk Music and Other Genres
| Music Parameters | " I Got You " | " Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag " | " Cold Sweat " |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instrumentation | Voice, guitar, bass, drums, trumpets, and saxophones | Voice, guitar, bass, drums, trumpets, and saxophones | Voice, guitar, bass, drums, trumpets, and saxophones |
| Vocal Characteristics | Singer uses voice types such as natural, falsetto (“And I feel” at 01:01), full-throated (“I feel good” at 00:01), shouts (“In my arms” at 00:50), and vocables throughout such as “wow,” “huh,” “awh,” “hah,” and “owl.” Such vocables create syncopated passages as well as rhythmic continuity (meaning they fill in some empty spaces within phrases) | Singer uses voice types such as natural and full-throated (“He ain’t too hip” at 00:08) | Singer uses voice types such as natural, falsetto, full-throated voice, shouts, and the vocables throughout, such as “huh,” “awh,” “hah,” and “owl.” Such vocables create syncopated passages as well as rhythmic continuity (meaning they fill in some empty spaces within phrases) |
| Melody | The singer provides the melody in a moderate range | The singer provides the melody in a moderate range | 1) The singer provides the melody in a moderate range; 2) The singer’s added vocables create a more syncopated vocal performance |
| Harmony | Guitar and trumpets combined with woodwinds provide the harmony | Guitar and trumpets combined with woodwinds provide the harmony | Guitar and trumpets combined with woodwinds provide the harmony |
| Rhythm | Syncopated | Syncopated | Syncopated |
| Tempo | Moderately fast | Moderately fast | Moderate |
| Instrument Features | 1) Trumpets and saxophones respond to the singer’s call; 2) the bassist is heard and plays in a syncopated manner; 3) the drummer plays sixteenth notes on the high-hat; 4) there is synchronization between the bassist and drummer | 1) Trumpets and saxophones respond to the singer’s call; 2) the bassist is heard and plays in a syncopated manner; 3) riffs are heard here; the guitarist plays on each count of the measure, the bassist plays a repeating line (melodically and rhythmically), and brass and woodwinds play a two-measure repeated phrase; 4) there is synchronization between the bassist and drummer | 1) Saxophone solo starts at 02:36 to the end; 2) there is synchronization between the bassist and drummer |
| Performance Practices | 1) The singer begins the song with the shout “wow,” then the band enters; 2) there are numerous brief breaks throughout the song, either without sound or minimal sound, such as at 00:01, 00:20, 00:41, 00:48, 01:20, 01:38, 02:00, 02:20, 02:27, and 02:36 | 1) Vamping occurs at 00:48-01:02 and 01:47 to the end of the song; 2) almost in a spoken-like manner, the singer calls out popular dances of the day such as the jerk, the fly, the monkey, the mashed potato, the alligator, the twist, the fly, and the boomerang; 3) there are brief breaks throughout the song either without sound or minimal sounds such as at 00:19, 00:41, 01:19, and 01:41 | 1) The singer calls out the saxophonist by name (Maceo Parker) to play a solo starting at 02:27; he states encouraging phrases such as “Come on now,” “brotha’, put it where it’s at now,” “Ah, let me have it”; 2) the singer shouts “owl” just before the bridge at 00:42 and 01:54; 3) there are two breaks within the song either without sound or minimal sound such as at 01:04 and 02:17 |
| Similar to Rhythm & Blues | The twelve-bar blues progression appears during the singer’s verses from 00:00-00:42, 01:02-01:21, and 01:41-02:21; 2) Instrumentation: Voice, guitar, bass, drums, trumpets, and saxophones; 3) although not a solo, the saxophone is featured playing a brief passage two times, which occurs at 00:42-00:48 and 01:22-01:28 | The twelve-bar blues progression appears during the singer’s verses from 00:02-00:48 and 01:02-01:47; 2) Instrumentation: Voice, guitar, bass, drums, trumpets, and saxophones; 3) although not a solo, the guitarist is featured playing a brief passage four times, which occurs at 00:21-00:23, 00:44-00:46, 01:21-01:23, and 01:43-01:45 | Instrumentation: Voice, guitar, bass, drums, trumpets, and saxophones |
| Similar to Soul | Singer uses vocal features such as shout, full-throated, and falsetto voice, all of which are inspired by gospel music. | Vamping occurs at 00:48-01:02 and 01:47 to the end of the song. Vamping occurred quite often during the gospel’s golden age. | 1) Vamping occurs at 00:43-01:04 and 01:56-02:17; 2) Instrumentation: Voice, guitar, bass, drums, trumpets, and saxophones. Vamping occurred quite often during gospel’s golden age. |