oom-pah
See also: oompah
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EtymologyEdit
onomatopoeia of the sound and rhythm of German folk music.
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
- (music) A genre of Germanic music (especially Bavarian music) typically involving brass instruments.
- (music) A bass line characteristic of such music, a bass that alternates lower and higher notes or chords on the beat, or that alternates in a mid-high-low-high sequence.