@leeesuh: Coincidence? I think not. 👀🎹 What do Poor Unfortunate Souls, Master of the House, and Willkommen all have in common? This piano part. Let’s talk about it! #musicaltheatre #broadway #piano #musicology #disney
I believe this specific style is called "Cunty", usually reserved for when a character is about to serve cunt, during the number the character will traditionally eat and leave no crumbs.
2026-08-05 11:18:15
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Grave Little Toaster :
Money from Cabaret too
2026-08-05 01:53:18
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LPSY-CBE 🇨🇦💜 :
Another one from Aladdin: Prince Ali
2026-08-05 02:41:47
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Tiaa :
immediately thought
2026-08-05 06:08:39
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kellybean808 :
My first thought was “Why is she playing Master of the House in a weird key? ….wait”
2026-08-05 01:30:39
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Benji :
I always called it an Oompa vamp. It’s bisexual, because it can go from either the Villians song or a lead into a “generalize happy-ish” song.
2026-08-04 20:59:58
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Cameron Cobden :
It’s the short-hand for “Clever, pragmatic character with ambiguous ethics who is going to propose/rationalize a dubious transaction.”
2026-08-05 00:51:16
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Daniel (he/him) :
Musician here 👋
You're right. It is a polka rhythm, but the actual category comes down to chord voicing.
Obviously it can be used as a burlesque/cabaret backing for more villainous or shady characters, or it can be used as a vamp. Just depends on the context and the chords.
Side note, I had no idea so many musicals used this rhythm.
2026-08-06 02:47:48
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Katie Stirber :
It's in Aladdin twice! Arabian Nights and Prince Ali!
2026-08-05 14:12:04
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wolfie 🏴 :
me thinking it was Mother Knows Best from Tangled lmao
2026-08-05 02:48:52
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whymeguy :
I know for a fact, poor unfortunate souls (and I’m sure it’s the case for cabaret too) is specifically paying homage to Weimar-era German cabaret
2026-08-04 21:36:28
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PeaceBang :
I immediately sang "welcome, monsieur"
2026-08-05 01:09:12
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Liberty Kaye :
I thought Cabaret was gonna be first lol
2026-08-05 02:46:37
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dizidancer :
But also the opening of fiddler. “The papas, the mamas, tradition!”
2026-08-04 22:55:52
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fishy goby :
welcome to the internet, have a look around
2026-08-07 00:02:01
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K :
I was thinking Cabaret!! Are there any similarities with Oliver Twist songs? feels like a Fagen song too
2026-08-04 22:57:53
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Imanni🎀🫧🧁 :
As warm as the sun, as silly as fun
As cool as a tree, as scary as the sea
As hot as fire, cold as ice
Sweet as sugar and everything nice
That’s what I got from it😭
2026-08-05 06:59:41
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AerFire :
It's the oompapa-oompa. It's always a song that is not in my ideal range, but I wish it were. sopranos never get an oompapa-oompa
2026-08-05 02:34:56
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Shelby Davis :
Not me just realizing how much I love all these songs and how similar they all sound 😅
2026-08-05 02:15:48
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jessicaallura :
it's called: boom badda boomp ah,boom badda boomp ahhhh.
duh! lol
it's like a minor jazz polka vamp
2026-08-05 03:28:05
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No❤️ :
sorry using Willkommen instead of Money money money is throwing me off so much
2026-08-06 21:34:27
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Alex Toepfer :
oom-pah! comes from 19th century German brass bands. tuba on the downbeat (oom), horns answering on the offbeat (pah). the name is literally just onomatopoeia for those instruments. spread thru music halls, cabaret, circus music etc
2026-08-05 03:38:02
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CrackerJack :
"I see a little silhouette of a man"
2026-08-07 07:01:31
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Min :
Don’t forget Thomas The Tank Engine!
2026-08-05 01:20:48
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