English

Alternative forms

• oompah

Noun

oom-pah ‎(uncountable)

1. (music) A genre of Germanic music (especially Bavarian music) typically involving brass instruments.
2. (music) A bass line characteristic of such music, a bass that alternates lower and higher notes or chords on the beat, or that alternates in a mid-high-low-high sequence.

Derived terms

• oompah-like