oom-pah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A genre of Germanic music (especially Bavarian music) typically involving brass instruments.
A bassline characteristic of such music, alternating lower and higher notes or chords on the beat, or in a mid-high-low-high sequence.

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Onomatopoeia of the sound and rhythm of German folk music. Doublet of humppa.

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