ostinato
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In music, an ostinato (; , compare English obstinate) is a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice, frequently in the same pitch.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- accompaniment
- Subclass of
- musical form
- Image
- Maiden Voyage rhythmic ostinato.png
- Said to be same as
- hook
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- Commons category
- Ostinato
- has characteristic
- repetition
- language of work or name
- Italian
- has effect
- repeat
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- European classical music
- Medieval
- Ground bass: Late Renaissance and Baroque
- Late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
- Twentieth century
- Sub-Saharan African music
- Counter-metric structure
- African harmonic progressions
- Afro-Cuban guajeo
- Riff
- Vamp
- Jazz, fusion, and Latin jazz
- Examples
- Gospel, soul, and funk
- Musical theater
- Indian classical music
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
In music, an ostinato (; , compare English obstinate) is a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice, frequently in the same pitch.
Both ostinatos and ostinati are accepted English plural forms, the latter reflecting the word's Italian etymology.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ostinato” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.