oom-pah

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Onomatopoeia of the sound and rhythm of German folk music. Doublet of humppa.

noun oom-pa · oompa · oompah

uncountable A genre of Germanic music (especially Bavarian music) typically involving brass instruments.
uncountable A bassline characteristic of such music, alternating lower and higher notes or chords on the beat, or in a mid-high-low-high sequence. An oom-pah bassline: {\clef bass<<{\set Staff.midiInstrument=#"muted trumpet"\repeat unfold4{c8r g,r

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@misc{oom_pah_2026,
  title = {oom-pah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oom-pah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}