The boogie-woogie piano style developed from a guitar technique used in mining, logging, and turpentine camps. The technique used three guitars. The first guitar picked out an improvised melody, the second guitar played the chords, and the third guitar played the bass line.

Ragtime. 在1890年代，流动的黑人钢琴家Scott Joplin、Tom Turpin、James Scott和Artie Matthews等创作和记录了大量的作品，这些作品所确立的即兴演奏和不规则节奏的实践一直持续到今天。最初出版的拉格泰姆和步态舞曲（cakewalks）差不多，但他们的标题中采用了“rag”一词。

2019年3月8日 · A history of jazz in under three minutes...Ragtime Piano, Stride Piano, Boogie Woogie & Rock and Roll. Thanks for Jay Rayner for the ragtime and stride at th...

In Texas the piano style was known as “fast western.” The basic boogie-woogie rhythm, an outgrowth of ragtime and rural blues, is said to have been inspired by the rhythmic clacking of steam locomotives throughout the Deep South. Boogie-woogie musicians traveled the barrelhouse circuit providing entertainment and music for dancing.

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2019年6月22日 · Ragtime piano music is characterized by its syncopated rhythm – accent is unexpectedly placed on the off beat, like the 2nd beat and the 4th beat in a 4/4 time rhythm. This style became famous at the turn of the 20th century with songs written by Scott Joplin like “The Entertainer” and “Maple Leaf Rag”, which influenced many ragtime ...

2019年1月29日 · The first wave of boogie-woogie players was influenced by ragtime music (which we discussed in another video), whereas later boogie-woogie players were more influenced by blues music. Boogie-Woogie music. One of the earliest boogie-woogie hits, as mentioned early, was “Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie” by Pinetop Smith, released in 1929.

2010年6月4日 · Eubie Blake's 1917 "Charleston Rag" shows strong Boogie Woogie influence. The music that began in the logging camps and barrelhouses around Marshall was on its way to the outside world.

Boogie woogie is another term for ragtime. This urban blues singer recorded 180 sides for Columbia records and was notably called the "Empress of Blues." Most arranges blues songs were in the form of the 12-bar blues. Charley Patton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Robert Johnson all played in the urban blues style.

2022年4月8日 · A descendent of earlier piano styles like ragtime and stride, boogie-woogie was born in the late 1870s. Like ragtime and stride, the defining feature of boogie-woogie is the repeating bass pattern in the left hand; a strong eight-to-the-bar feel, either fast or slow, is what propels boogie-woogie.