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Intro

BoogieWoogie

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.

Relationships
Parents	Blues	Characterized by a loose narrative lyrical style, use of call-and-response, the blues scale and blue notes, a small set of common chord progressions, and trance-like walking basslines. Originated in African-American communities in the Deep South of the United States in the late 19th century.
Belongs to AVS	avs:RhythmStyle	A rhythm style.
	avs:SubGenre	A Type of SubGenre.

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