boogie woogie
Rollicking piano jazz
Boogie woogie is a style of blues piano 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.
By extension, boogie woogie can refer to dancing associated with this music: They did the boogie woogie all night long.
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- pianoKeyed percussion instrument
- bluesMournful American music genre
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
dance · dance floor · jive · ragtime · honky-tonk · shuffle · stride · syncopation · bass · jukebox · roadhouse · rent party · barrelhouse · groove · bebop · keys · jumping · rollicking
- BluesB.B. King, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, twelve bar blues, delta blues
- dance stylesballet, tango, salsa, waltz, hip hop
- rhyming reduplicativesflip flop, hip hop, tip top, zigzag, ping pong
- toe tappersswing music, big band, polka
- 1920s Musicjazz, ragtime, Charleston, Dixieland, blues
- Black Musicblues, jazz, gospel choir, hip hop, R&B
boogie woogiedirge
Mournful commemorative music
funeral march · lullaby · adagio · torch song · ambient music
boogie woogierequiem
Mass for the deceased
funeral music · Gregorian chant · plainchant · lament · elegy