Can you tell me what are the CHARACTERISTICS of "BOOGIE WOOGIE" seriously-homework?

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The Boogie Woogie is a dance, characterized by the rhythmic swinging of the arms in high arcs to either side of the body, and the movement of the knees, first to the inside (together), then to the outside (together), with the feet following the same movement.

Another characteristic movement in boogie woogie is the shaking of the right hand in front of the face, while the feet are shuffling from front to back, while the person is actually standing in one place. (Think moonwalking while not travelling.)

And then another characteristic of the boogie woogie was the throwing of the female partner (mostly--sometimes the male) over the back, between the legs, over the head.

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy was a hit during the Second World War, sung by the Andrews Sisters (I think).

Answer 2

The origin of the term boogie-woogie is unknown, according to Webster's Third New International Dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary states that the word is a redoubling of boogie, which was used for rent parties as early as 1913. The term is often hyphenated.

Some critics have asserted that boogie-woogie piano may have originated as a train-sound metaphor which possibly came about through the African-American slaves’ involvement with the construction of the American national railway system ref.

The precise origin of boogie-woogie piano however is uncertain; it was no doubt influenced by early rough music played in honky tonks in the Americn South. W.C. Handy and Jelly Roll Morton both mentioned hearing pianists playing this style before 1910. According to Clarence Williams, the style was started by Texas pianist George W. Thomas. Thomas published one of the earliest pieces of sheet music with the boogie-woogie bassline, "New Orleans Hop Scop Blues" in 1916, although Williams recalled hearing him play the number before 1911.

Clarence Williams was also one of the first musicians to record boogie-woogie on phonograph records in 1923, although Williams did not play the style all the way through but rather used boogie-woogie style playing on individual choruses of blues as a change of tone. The boogie-woogie style was certainly already widespread by the 1920s in timber and turpentine camps and other job sites with large numbers of African American workers, as well as up north in the African American communities of cities like Chicago, Illinois.

Professor Longhair, for instance, started out that way, but the style is not that different from the barrelhouse piano playing of earlier days.

In February of 1923 Joseph Samuels' Tampa Blue Jazz Band recorded the George W. Thomas number "The Fives" for Okeh Records, considered the first example of jazz band boogie-woogie. Jimmy Blythe's recording of "Chicago Stomps" from April of 1924 is sometimes called the first complete boogie-woogie piano solo record.

The first boogie woogie hit was "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" by Pinetop Smith (1928 in music) recorded in 1928 and first released in 1929. Pinetop's record was the first boogie-woogie recording to be a commercial hit, and helped established boogie-woogie as the name of the style. It was closely followed by another example of pure boogie-woogie, "Honky Tonk Train Blues" by Meade Lux Lewis, recorded by Paramount Records; 1927 in music, first released in March of 1930. The performance emulates a railroad trip, perhaps lending credence to the "train theory".

Answer 3

A style of blues piano playing characterized by an up-tempo rhythm, a repeated melodic pattern in the bass, and a series of improvised variations in the treble.

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Answer 4

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