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As a bass player, I'd have to say that funk is the most important style of music that led to the evolution of my instrument as it is today. Funk is the band working together as a unified sound under a groove. Sure there's a melody, but it depends on how you play it in order to make it funky. That's why the bass is often the keystone instrument of funk: it has the ability to play a melody, but it should usually be performed in relation to the rhythm of the song.
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