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oom-pah

oom-pah noun: a genre of Germanic music (especially Bavarian music) typically involving brass instruments.

Noun

oom-pah (uncountable)

  1. A genre of Germanic music (especially Bavarian music) typically involving brass instruments.
  2. 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

Forms of oom-pah

alternative formoom-pa
alternative formoompa
alternative formoompah

Origin of oom-pah

Onomatopoeia of the sound and rhythm of German folk music. Doublet of humppa.

Words formed from oom-pah

Questions about oom-pah

What does oom-pah mean?
Oom-pah means a genre of Germanic music (especially Bavarian music) typically involving brass instruments.
What part of speech is oom-pah?
Oom-pah is a noun.

Words near oom-pah in the dictionary

  1. OOLR
  2. OOLRs
  3. OOLs
  4. oom
  5. oom-pa-pa
  6. oom-pah
  7. oom-pah-like
  8. oom-pah-pah
  9. Ooma
  10. oomancy
  11. oomantia

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