James Brown Vamp
I9 — I9
Single chord funk groove
Genre
Funk chord progressions
Groove-based music with syncopated rhythms
What makes it sound like this
Harmonic fingerprints.
- Single chord vamps
- 9th and 13th chords
- Chromatic passing chords
- Rhythmic emphasis
Where it lives
Common keys.
The tonal centres funk keeps coming back to — usually because they sit well on the instruments the style was built on. Each key page carries its full diatonic chord set, and links its relative minor for the darker corners of the genre.
3 progressions
The changes funk runs on.
Written in roman numerals, then spelled out in the key of C. Every chord links to its own page; where the pattern has a full progression page of its own, that link is on the card.
Vocabulary
The chords that define the sound.
Not just which qualities funk reaches for, but those qualities built on the roots the genre actually plays in. Every chord links to its shapes, audio, and voice-leading notes.