Bebop meaning

bēbŏp
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(music) An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies.
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To participate in bebop jazz, such as by dancing in a way associated with the genre.
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Origin of bebop

  • Imitation of a two-note phrase in this music

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Bebop Sentence Examples

  • The concentration on bebop did seem disproportionately prevalent in all forms of education, however.

  • This recording has Pollard playing the bebop heavyweight against Scott's glacial diffidence.

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