These terms are consistent with the strong beat and wild dancing common to boogie woogie music. Then we have the word “bogi”, meaning “to dance”. We have “boog” and “booga”, meaning to beat a drum. There are three African words that probably contributed to the term “boogie woogie”. History of Boogie Woogie Where did the term “boogie woogie” come from? We’ll also look at the history and evolution of boogie-woogie, discuss key players, and I’ll share a Spotify playlist with some songs mentioned in this video if you’d like to dig deeper into the genre. That means it tends to be fast and upbeat, with a light-hearted spirit.īoogie-woogie is mainly defined by specific basslines, which we’ll talk about and demonstrate in this video. We’ve also done a video about another piano-based genre, ragtime, which you can check out.īoogie-woogie is all about dancing (unlike other blues music which is all about emotion). Once upon a time we looked at an overview of American music history, where we discussed Jazz, Rock and other American-born genres. In today’s episode of PianoTV we’ll be discussing Boogie-Woogie, a piano-centric branch on the jazz/blues music tree.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |