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OSTINATO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ostinato mean?
• OSTINATO (noun)
The noun OSTINATO has 1 sense:
1. a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition
Familiarity information: OSTINATO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ostinato" is a kind of...):
musical phrase; phrase (a short musical passage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ostinato"):
ground bass (a short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated)
riff (a jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation)
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