oom-pah

See also: oompah

English

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Etymology

Onomatopoeia of the sound and rhythm of German folk music.

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Noun

oom-pah (uncountable)

  1. (music) A genre of Germanic music (especially Bavarian music) typically involving brass instruments.
  2. (music) A bassline characteristic of such music, alternating lower and higher notes or chords on the beat, or in a mid-high-low-high sequence.
    An oom-pah bassline:
    {\clef bass<<{\set Staff.midiInstrument=#"muted trumpet"\repeat unfold4{c8r g,r}}\\\new Staff\with{midiInstrument="muted trumpet"}{\clef bass\repeat unfold8{r8<c e g>-.}}>>}

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