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ostinato
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context music English) A piece of melody, a chord progression, or a bass figure that is repeated over and over as a musical accompaniment.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1876, from Italian ostinato , literally "obstinate, persistent."
Usage examples of ostinato.
Balthasar would be paying more attention to the readings from Ostinato, keeping Sun-Treader half a step behind.
The end of the path loomed ahead of them, Ostinato framed against the teeth of the half-lowered bars.
Giulia e Clelia che non erano lontane e mettendo innanzi la condizione, che Attilio e lui le avrebbero seguite nel sotterraneo dove toccava loro come capi a scendere gli ultimi e non i primi, giunse a rimoverle dal loro ostinato diniego.
The jet engines on the suprafoils were revving up, filling the huge chamber with an ostinato thunder.
By this point, it is the music that is carrying the show: a pounding bass beat and a deep, threatening ostinato that tells everyone to keep watching, the best is yet to come.
Silence winced at the memory of Ostinato, keel shocked and dead, plunging into the ice on Arganthonios.
Unable to resist the seductive ostinatos, many of the assembled dignitaries were soon chanting and dancing in place.
Unable to resist the seductive ostinatos, many of the assembled dignitaries were soon chanting and dancing in place.