View synonyms for boogie-woogie

boogie-woogie

[ boog-ee-woog-ee, boo-gee-woo-gee ]

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noun

, Jazz.

a form of instrumental blues, especially for piano, using melodic variations over a constantly repeated bass figure.

boogie-woogie

/ ˈbuːɡɪˈwuːɡɪ; ˈbʊɡɪˈwʊɡɪ /

a style of piano jazz using a dotted bass pattern, usually with eight notes in a bar and the harmonies of the 12-bar blues

1925–30, Americanism; rhyming compound perhaps based on boogie

Boogie Woogie satirizes the New York and London art scenes with an all-star cast and wicked humor.

Maybe they were both remembering those old days, the Boogie Woogie Elmos.

Or the afternoon he played boogie-woogie on the Huyler Memorial Carillon.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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