oom-pah-pah

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English

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeia of the rhythm.

Noun

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oom-pah-pah (uncountable)

  1. (music) 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<c e g>-.<c e g>-.g,<c e g>-.<c e g>-.}}