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Question: It reminds me of a person's nose. How did "boogie" begin to be referred to as dancing? Was it a certain type of dance? Was it only during the 70's disco era? Where did the terminology originate from? Does anyone know?
Answers: It reminds me of a person's nose. How did "boogie" begin to be referred to as dancing? Was it a certain type of dance? Was it only during the 70's disco era? Where did the terminology originate from? Does anyone know?
Boogie is swing blues rhythm (Burrows 1995, p.42) or technique originally played on the piano in boogie-woogie music and adapted to guitar. As such it is often used in rock and roll and country musics.
A simple rhythm guitar or accompaniment boogie pattern, sometimes called country boogie, is as follows (ibid):
The Bs and Cs are played by stretching the fourth finger from the A two and three frets up to B and C respectively on the same string. This pattern is an elaboration or decoration of the chord or level and is the same on all the primary triads (I, IV, V), although the dominant chord may include the seventh on the third beat (see also, degree (music). ibid)