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☆ boogie-woogie (bo̵og′ē wo̵og′ē, bo̵̅o̅′gē wo̵̅o̅′gē)
noun
a blues-based style of jazz piano playing in which insistently repeated bass figures employing eighth notes accompany melodic variations in the treble
Etymology: echoic; ? suggested by the characteristic “walking” bass; ? redupl. of boogie, var. of bogy (hobgoblin)
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