boogie-woogie
Rollicking keyboard blues
Boogie-woogie is a style of piano blues characterized by a driving, repetitive bass pattern in the left hand while the right hand plays melodic variations.
The style emerged in African American communities in the early twentieth century and influenced rock and roll.
The term also describes dancing to such music, with energetic, improvisational movement.
The pianist launched into a boogie-woogie that got everyone on their feet.
Low-register musical foundation
- left-handOn the port side
- strideExtended single footstep
- barrelhouseLow-class drinking establishment
- ivoriesPiano keys, informally
upright · honky-tonk · keyboards · treble · ostinato · arpeggios · accompaniment · hammering
Energetic swing-era partner dance
- lindy-hopPartnered swing dance
- jiveSwing-era dance or bunk
- bopQuick light punch
- shimmyRapid side-to-side shaking
stomp · footwork · ballroom · quickstep · Charleston · twist · rock-n-roll · hopping
Suspended recreational seat
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- comboItems grouped together
soloist · scat · stride · uptempo · after-hours
Stressed unexpected beats
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
- pulseArterial blood throb
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
driving · pounding · rollicking · infectious · propulsive · steady · uptempo · swinging
Randomize by mixing
- bluesMournful American music genre
- riffRepeated musical phrase
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- ChicagoMajor Illinois metropolis
delta · roadhouse · rock-n-roll · gospel · call-and-response · workingman · lowdown
Animated and energetic
- exuberantIntensely lively and cheerful
- rollickingNoisily high-spirited
- raucousLoud and disorderly
- high-spiritedFull of lively energy
infectious · jumping · swinging · hot · wild · frenzied · toe-tapping · electrifying
bassline
Low-register musical foundation
- left-handOn the port side
- strideExtended single footstep
- barrelhouseLow-class drinking establishment
ivories · upright · honky-tonk · keyboards · treble · ostinato · arpeggios · accompaniment · hammering · pounding
jitterbug
Energetic swing-era partner dance
shimmy · stomp · footwork · ballroom · quickstep · Charleston · twist · rock-n-roll · hopping · spinning
swing
Suspended recreational seat
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
syncopation
Stressed unexpected beats
groove · driving · pounding · rollicking · infectious · propulsive · steady · uptempo · swinging · percussive
shuffle
Randomize by mixing
Chicago · delta · roadhouse · rock-n-roll · gospel · call-and-response · workingman · lowdown
lively
Animated and energetic
- exuberantIntensely lively and cheerful
- rollickingNoisily high-spirited
- raucousLoud and disorderly
high-spirited · infectious · jumping · swinging · hot · wild · frenzied · toe-tapping · electrifying · rambunctious
- American musicjazz, blues, country music, rock, country
- American danceline dance, square dance, tap dance, jazz dance, breakdancing
- BluesB.B. King, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, twelve bar blues, delta blues
- Partner Danceswaltz, tango, foxtrot, quickstep, rumba
- Reduplicativesbye-bye, mama, papa, haha, yo-yo
- 1920s Musicjazz, Charleston, Dixieland, blues, hot jazz
boogie-woogiedirge
Mournful commemorative music
funeral march · lullaby · adagio · lament · ballad
boogie-woogiedirge
Mournful commemorative music
lament · funeral music · requiem · elegy · threnody
boogie-woogieclassical piano
art music · sonata · étude · nocturne · chamber music