Boogie Woogie

Boogie Woogie is a type of black-American piano music that appeared in the southwestern United States in the early 20th century

That is, the St. Louis, Louisville and Indianapolis regions. Barrelhouse

The pianists of the style are the founders of this style. The origin of the word Boogie Woogie is unknown, and people speculate about it

Xu was a slip of the tongue. The name was coined in 1928 by the song "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie", by pianist Clarence

By Clarence Smith (1904-1929).

The Boogie Woogie is based on the "12 bars of blues" form, with the right hand within the harmonic framework of the theme

Perform improvisations and variations, with the left hand playing walking bass with a percussive effect. This bass line consists of uniform

Eighth notes are formed, or appear in triplet form. In Boogie Woogie, it's not in the way we're familiar with it

Played, but played in a very heavy impact method in order to obtain a percussive sound effect, this is also the Boogie (Boogie

Woogie) is the most typical playing feature.

Boogie Woogie has had a big influence on styles like Rhythm & Blues and Rock'n'Roll.

The famous pianists of Boogie Woogie were Arthur Taylor (1903-) and Pete Yo

Pete Johnson (1904-1964).