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ostinato
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ostinato has 1 sense
- ostinato(n = noun.communication) Array - a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition; Array has particulars: ground bass, riff
is a kind of musical phrase, phrase
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ostinato, n. (pl. -os) (often attrib.) Mus. a persistent phrase or rhythm repeated through all or part of a piece.
Etymology
It., = OBSTINATE
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