The music genre I chose for my band name, Harriet Kelly's Cheese Fest will be primarily funk. I feel the characteristics of funk music suits the band name the best. However, the band can do a mixture of other genres because it's a 'cheese fest'. Funk has at least four identifying characteristics: syncopation, strong downbeats followed by a 16th note groove, seventh chord variants, and grooves driven by the bass guitar. Funk bands use many rhythm instruments, such as electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, and keyboard instruments, mainly synthesizers and electronic organs. Funk bands also have people who play horns, including saxophones, trumpets, and trombones.