https://musictheoryprint.com/genres/gq/ Recent content in GQ on Music Theory Print Hugo en https://musictheoryprint.com/genres/gq/gqom/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://musictheoryprint.com/genres/gq/gqom/ <div class="mtp-special-block"> <h2 id="lexicology-and-morphology">Lexicology and morphology<a class="anchor" href="#lexicology-and-morphology">#</a></h2> <p>The word gqom derives from an onomatopoeic combination of click consonants in the Zulu language (isiZulu) which could be interpreted as a &ldquo;hitting drum&rdquo;, &ldquo;ricochet&rdquo; or &ldquo;bang&rdquo;. Isgubhu and igqom are IsiZulu words to describe a drum sound or beat emanating from speakers, that became synonymous with Durban kwaito. The term &ldquo;three-step&rdquo; (3 step) was coined in the mid-2010s by gqom record producers Sbucardo and Citizen Boy to describe gqom music not only as a name, moreover attributed to a specific beat structure or pattern of gqom music preceding developing into a distinct subgenre of gqom.</p>