Boogie

The characteristic rhythm and feel of the Boogie was then adapted to guitar, double bass, and other instruments. Boogie-woogie is 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. Boogie woogie developed from a piano style that developed in the rough barrelhouse bars in the Southern states, where a piano player performed for the hard-drinking patrons. The Oxford English Dictionary states that the word is a redoubling of Boogie, which was used for rent parties as early as 1913. In the late 1930s, Boogie became part of the then popular Swing style, as big bands such as "Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, and Louis Jordan...all had Boogie hits." Swing big band audiences expected to hear Boogie tunes, because the beat could be used for the then-popular dances such as the jitterbug and the Lindy Hop. In the 1980s, country bands such as The Charlie Daniels Band used Boogie woogie in songs such as the 1988 "Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues". Also known as "notes inégales", swung notes are widely used in jazz music and other jazz-influenced music such as blues and Western swing.