Vamping – Repeating a musical pattern as accompaniment

Note: Vamping can be compared to using a modern day looping pedal.

To remember what vamping means, use the following mnemonic:

The vampire bat kept pinging (vamping) off the window pane. He just kept repeating this pattern.

Examples of vamping in a sentence

She was vamping on the ukulele.

I played a guitar solo while the other musicians were vamping.

Vamping the same pattern for a long time can get boring.