boogie-woogie
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- noun
- /ˈbuːɡi ˈwʊɡi/
- During the party, the band played a great selection of boogie-woogie music that everyone enjoyed.
- boogie-woogie piano
- boogie-woogie beat
- play boogie-woogie
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Watch on YouTubeSo what he does in this is, as you will see, he goes through all these different styles of piano playing, boogie woogie, stride piano, bebop.
- So what he does in this is, as you will see, he goes through all these different styles of piano playing, boogie woogie, stride piano, bebop.
Examples
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The boogie was a popular dance, and piano players such as Fats Waller were proficient in playing the "boogie woogie."
Academic text (1992) -
"Can you explain the chord structure for boogie-woogie?" a professor asked.
Fiction book (1992) -
I love the boogie-woogie beat -
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"I made a million dollars playing boogie-woogie," he said.
Fiction book (1992) -
I just play boogie-woogie and all that old stuff.
Fiction book (1992) -
"You once told me there were two kinds of boogie-woogie," I said.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'll never write another boogie-woogie tune as long as I live.
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Once she wanted sheet music from the Music Box, and she let me talk her into a piano arrangement of a boogie-woogie song I'd heard at a college party.
Blog text (17) -
I've been playing this boogie woogie at eight beats to the bar.
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But after a moment, the bass figures he's improvising start to change, and before long, it's transformed into the eight-to-the-bar figure of a boogie-woogie beat.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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Lively blues music played on piano with a strong, fast beat
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Lively dance music with a strong beat like boogie that makes people dance
A lively piano style of blues often played in bars
How Rhythmic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Boogie-woogie probably comes from African American slang boogie, which meant 'to dance' or 'move' to a strong beat. The doubled name boogie-woogie is a playful echo, and that fits the music's strong, repeating piano bass that makes people want to dance.