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Ostinato - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun ostinato

is a piece of melody, a chord progression, or a bass figure that is repeated over and over as a musical accompaniment.

ostinato

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (music) A piece of melody, a chord progression, or a bass figure that is repeated over and over as a musical accompaniment.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 26, Anthony Tommasini, Pricking Up the Ears to Listen for Echoes of California, New York Times citation
    • , passage=The piece moves in alluring spans of swirling figures, jagged lines and pointillistic outbursts, often prodded forward by ostinatos in the perky piano. }}

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    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.