Oom-pah

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Oom-pah played by accordion on C major chord with alternate bass Play.

Oom-pah, Oompah or Umpapa is an onomatopoeic term describing the rhythmic sound of a deep brass instrument in combination with the response of other instruments or registers in a band, a form of background ostinato.[1][2]

The oom-pah sound is usually made by the

triple time genres such as the waltz
it is oom-pah-pah.

The musical

Oom-Pah-Pah
", which is named after the oom-pah.

A more modern variation is the playing of contemporary pop and rock songs in an Oompah style, by bands such as Global Kryner (Austria), Brumpah (UK Westmidlands) [3] and Oompah Brass (UK) (who dubbed the style "Oompop").[4] The American jam band Phish features the oom-pah-pah in their song "Harpua".

See also

References

  1. ^ Oompah, The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English, 2008
  2. ^ "Oompah". YourDictionary.
  3. ^ "Brumpah".
  4. ^ "Oompah Brass".