Editing Funk (section)

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[[Horn section]] arrangements with groups of brass instruments are often used in funk songs.<ref name=Himes/> Funk horn sections could include saxophone (often tenor sax), trumpet, trombone, and for larger horn sections, such as quintets and sextets, a baritone sax.<ref name="stewart1"/> Horn sections played "rhythmic and syncopated" parts, often with "offbeat phrases" that emphasize "rhythmic displacement".<ref name="stewart1"/> Funk song introductions are an important place for horn arrangements.<ref name="stewart1"/>

[[File:Earth Wind and Fire.jpg|thumb|left|270px|Funk [[horn section]]s typically include saxophones and trumpets. Larger horn sections often add a second instrument for one of the saxes or trumpets, and a trombone or bari sax may also be used. Pictured is the Earth, Wind and Fire horn section.]]

Funk horn sections performed in a "rhythmic percussive style" that mimicked the approach used by funk rhythm guitarists.<ref name="autogenerated48">Lacy, Travis K., ""Funk is its own reward" : an analysis of selected lyrics in popular funk music of the 1970s" (2008). ETD Collection for AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library. Paper 22. p. 48</ref> Horn sections would "punctuate" the lyrics by playing in the spaces between vocals, using "short staccato rhythmic blast[s]".<ref name="autogenerated48"/> Notable funk horn players included [[Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis|Alfred "PeeWee" Ellis]], trombonist [[Fred Wesley]], and alto sax player [[Maceo Parker]].<ref name="autogenerated48"/> Notable funk horn sections including the Phoenix Horns (with Earth, Wind & Fire), the Horny Horns (with Parliament), the Memphis Horns (with [[Isaac Hayes]]), and MFSB (with [[Curtis Mayfield]]).<ref name="autogenerated48"/>

The instruments in funk horn sections varied. If there were two horn players, it could be trumpet and sax, trumpet and trombone, or two saxes.<ref name="stewart1"/>  A standard horn trio would consist of trumpet, sax, and trombone, but trios of one trumpet with two saxes, or two trumpets with one sax, were also fairly common.<ref name="stewart1"/> A quartet would be set up the same as a standard horn trio, but with an extra trumpet, sax, or (less frequently) trombone player. Quintets would either be a trio of saxes (typically alto/tenor/baritone, or tenor/tenor/baritone) with a trumpet and a trombone, or a pair each of trumpets and saxes with one trombone. With six instruments, the horn section would usually be two trumpets, three saxes, and a trombone.<ref name="stewart1"/> 

Notable songs with funk horn sections include:
* "[[Cold Sweat]]" (James Brown & the Famous Flames), 1967
* "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder), 1972
* "Funky Stuff" (Kool & The Gang), 1973
* "What Is Hip?" (Tower of Power), 1973
* "[[Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band song)|Pick Up the Pieces]]" (Average White Band)
* "[[Up For The Down Stroke]]" (Parliament), 1974
* "Hair" (Graham Central Station), 1974
* "[[Too Hot to Stop]]" (The Bar-Kays), 1976
* "[[Getaway (Earth, Wind & Fire song)|Getaway]]" (Earth, Wind & Fire), 1976

In bands or shows where hiring a horn section is not feasible, a keyboardist can play the horn parts on a synthesizer with brass patches; however, choosing an authentic-sounding synthesizer and brass patch is important.<ref name="stewart1"/> In the 2010s, with micro-MIDI synths, it may even have been possible to have another instrumentalist play the keyboard brass parts, thus enabling the keyboardist to continue to comp throughout the song.<ref name="stewart1"/>