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What (who) is wah-wah - definition
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Wahwah; Wah wah (disambiguation); Wah-wah; Wah-wah (disambiguation); Wah-Wah; Wah Wah
wah-wah
In music, wah-wah is used to describe the sound produced by covering and uncovering the open end of a brass instrument. This sound can also be produced electronically, especially when playing the electric guitar.
He played some wah-wah guitar.
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wah-wah
(also wa-wa)
¦ noun a musical effect achieved on brass instruments by alternately applying and removing a mute and on an electric guitar by use of a pedal.
?a pedal for producing such an effect on an electric guitar.
Origin
1920s: imitative.
Wah-wah (music)
SPECTRAL GLIDE USED AS MUSICAL EFFECT
Wah-wah (word)
Wah-wah (or wa-wa) is an imitative word (or onomatopoeia) for the sound of altering the resonance of musical notes to extend expressiveness, sounding much like a human voice saying the syllable wah. The wah-wah effect is a spectral glide, a "modification of the vowel quality of a tone".
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Wah wah
Wah wah or wah-wah or variants may refer to:
Examples of use of wah-wah
1. You have these blissed–out memories of Betjeman‘s youth over wah–wah guitar.
2. GRANT: ‘Wah–Wah,‘ the actor‘s first film behind the camera, is based on his childhood in Swaziland.
3. His scales aren‘t slippery, his eyes don‘t bulge, and his mouth doesn‘t pucker up and say wah–wah as he circles a fish tank.
4. Set in Swaziland in the 1'60s, Wah–Wah is a semi–autobiographical tale , and promises to be an amusing insight into Grant‘s formative years.
5. He gets political on the wah–wah reggae of "Unring the Bell" and marries Hendrix licks to Dylan–esque lyrics on "Endless Parade," one of Mule‘s best songs to date.