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oompahpah

oompahpah is the alternative spelling of oom-pah-pah.

oompahpah is the alternative form of oom-pah.

Meaning of oom-pah-pah

Noun

oom-pah-pah (uncountable)

  1. A variant of oom-pah played in triple time.
    • An oom-pah-pah bassline:
      {\set Staff.midiInstrument=#"trumpet"\time3/4\tempo4=160\clef bass\repeat unfold2{c-.-.g,-.-.

Meaning of oom-pah

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

Questions about oompahpah

What is oompahpah the alternative spelling of?
Oompahpah is the alternative spelling of oom-pah-pah.

Words near oompahpah in the dictionary

  1. Oompa Loompas
  2. oompah
  3. oompah-like
  4. oompahed
  5. oompahing
  6. oompahpah
  7. oompahs
  8. oompapa
  9. oompf
  10. oomph
  11. oomphed

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