With geographical origins reaching deep into the Southern United States and musical
ingredients inherited from ragtime and the blues of the Mississippi Delta, Boogie
Woogie is considered by many to be a forefather of Rock n Roll and Rockabilly. Originally
performed for dance and characteristically identified as a percussive and virtuosic,
piano-based blues technique, Boogie Woogie's musical identity is fundamentally defined
by a rapid, two-handed piano conversation -- comprised of a left- handed bass (i.e.
a walking or ostinato bass pattern) and a melodically-playful, often wildly-improvised,
right-hand -- chronicled within a twelve-bar blues song-form.
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