In music, an ostinato (Italian: [ostiˈnaːto]; derived from the Italian word for stubborn, compare English obstinate) is a motif or phrase that persistently...

Canto Ostinato ("Obstinate Song" (as ostinato)) is a musical composition written by the Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt. The piece was completed in 1976...

classical music pieces are called ostinatos or simply phrases. Contemporary jazz writers also use riff- or lick-like ostinatos in modal music and Latin jazz...

and 2011. The website was created by Anthony Morelli and Misty Weaver-Ostinato in 2007. Morelli, then writing as an anonymous blogger, originally used...

between notes and the use of tritones, as well as irregular time signatures. Ostinato is used to create suspense in Halloween music, with a famous example being...

alternating an ostinato line to fit changing harmonies or keys to enhance the song. Chester's system also taught how to set up an ostinato with one limb...

the school's students. The suite consists of four movements: Jig: Vivace Ostinato: Presto Intermezzo: Andante con moto Finale (The Dargason): Allegro A typical...

progressive notions of funk, jazz, and rock. The tracks on Mwandishi include "Ostinato," the time signature of which is 15/8, "You'll Know When You Get There...

counter-melody (secondary melody) and ostinato-variation (variations based on a repeated theme). Polyphony (contrapuntal and ostinato variation) is common in African...

It is usually of a serious character and is typically based on a bass-ostinato and written in triple metre. The term passacaglia (Spanish: pasacalle;...