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单词 ostinato
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Definition of ostinato in English:

ostinato

nounPlural ostinati, Plural ostinatos ˌɒstɪˈnɑːtəʊˌästəˈnädō
  • A continually repeated musical phrase or rhythm.

    固定音型

    as modifier the cellos have the tune, above an ostinato bass figure
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The first section is built on a machine-like ostinato in toccata form that travels from the violas to the first violins, and eventually to the entire orchestra.
    • The vocal lines are simple and folk-like, the piano accompaniments full of drones and ostinatos, where the composer is clearly evoking the sounds of Finnish folk instruments such as the kantele, a bowed zither.
    • He speaks in lurchy, barely articulate ejaculations, set to curiously clunky music that in its effort to avoid fluid femininity slips at times into rather conventional patterns like imitative counterpoint and ostinatos.
    • The guitar piece flows through multiple movements, some full of frenzied rhythms and interlocking ostinatos, others brimming with melodic grace.
    • Through a chromatic mist of string ostinatos, a plainsong chorale gradually emerges in the brass climaxing in resplendent fanfares, before fading away into a haze of sound as the procession recedes.
    • The jazzy, flowing first movement made way for a stunning allegro: pizzicato ostinati, Spanish dance rhythms, dramatic passion to the fore.
    • He exploits rock idioms, such as rapidly repeated chords, ostinato bass lines and syncopated rhythms, but with little variation of content.
    • The role of the person who is learning to improvise is to make up just one simple part, such as an ostinato or a new melody or a variation to the basic rhythm.
    • The ostinato rhythms and other exotic complications produce music that seems to come from the Far East.
    • The accompaniment is an ostinato that sticks to the memory like a burr and becomes hypnotic.
    • The verses are doused in glockenspiel and well-blended synth and recorder, while the chorus positively soars on electric piano ostinatos and fluid bass.
    • The initial ‘Meditation’ is very troubled, with hectic glissandos and fitful ostinatos.
    • Usually a drummer plays these rhythmic ostinatos throughout a section or a whole piece, and then repeats them using improvisatory variations.
    • The outer movements are both jazzy, with ostinati and motivic development in the first and brighter pizzicato textures and dance-like rhythms in the finale.
    • Soon the music wells into a sensuous patterning that covers the whole tessitura, climaxing in the uppermost reaches where glistening ostinati by the ensemble are captured, looped and repeated as an extra textural layer.
    • Its bitonal ostinato and airy, whimsical melodies floating above create a convincing aural equivalent of a mirage.
    • Snippets of waltz occasionally float through, the Mozart connection abruptly contrasted by ostinatos, lilting chords, and variants of the Mozartian melody in Russian sounding woodwind lines.
    • It too plays up the one-note ostinato and fools around with the major-third idea, sometimes sounding it backwards, sometimes upside-down.
    • The violin sonata in F opens with an ostinato that surely outstays its welcome.
    • It is to be found in the basso ostinato, a repeated bass line over which a keyboard player or lutenist improvises chords and a singer or player evolves a melody.

Origin

Italian, literally 'obstinate'.

Rhymes

agitato, Ambato, castrato, esparto, inamorato, legato, moderato, obbligato (US obligato), pizzicato, rubato, staccato, tomato, vibrato, Waikato

Definition of ostinato in US English:

ostinato

nounˌästəˈnädō
  • A continually repeated musical phrase or rhythm.

    固定音型

    as modifier the cellos have the tune, above an ostinato bass figure
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The verses are doused in glockenspiel and well-blended synth and recorder, while the chorus positively soars on electric piano ostinatos and fluid bass.
    • Usually a drummer plays these rhythmic ostinatos throughout a section or a whole piece, and then repeats them using improvisatory variations.
    • The vocal lines are simple and folk-like, the piano accompaniments full of drones and ostinatos, where the composer is clearly evoking the sounds of Finnish folk instruments such as the kantele, a bowed zither.
    • He exploits rock idioms, such as rapidly repeated chords, ostinato bass lines and syncopated rhythms, but with little variation of content.
    • The first section is built on a machine-like ostinato in toccata form that travels from the violas to the first violins, and eventually to the entire orchestra.
    • Soon the music wells into a sensuous patterning that covers the whole tessitura, climaxing in the uppermost reaches where glistening ostinati by the ensemble are captured, looped and repeated as an extra textural layer.
    • It is to be found in the basso ostinato, a repeated bass line over which a keyboard player or lutenist improvises chords and a singer or player evolves a melody.
    • The violin sonata in F opens with an ostinato that surely outstays its welcome.
    • It too plays up the one-note ostinato and fools around with the major-third idea, sometimes sounding it backwards, sometimes upside-down.
    • The outer movements are both jazzy, with ostinati and motivic development in the first and brighter pizzicato textures and dance-like rhythms in the finale.
    • The role of the person who is learning to improvise is to make up just one simple part, such as an ostinato or a new melody or a variation to the basic rhythm.
    • Snippets of waltz occasionally float through, the Mozart connection abruptly contrasted by ostinatos, lilting chords, and variants of the Mozartian melody in Russian sounding woodwind lines.
    • The guitar piece flows through multiple movements, some full of frenzied rhythms and interlocking ostinatos, others brimming with melodic grace.
    • Through a chromatic mist of string ostinatos, a plainsong chorale gradually emerges in the brass climaxing in resplendent fanfares, before fading away into a haze of sound as the procession recedes.
    • The ostinato rhythms and other exotic complications produce music that seems to come from the Far East.
    • The accompaniment is an ostinato that sticks to the memory like a burr and becomes hypnotic.
    • He speaks in lurchy, barely articulate ejaculations, set to curiously clunky music that in its effort to avoid fluid femininity slips at times into rather conventional patterns like imitative counterpoint and ostinatos.
    • The jazzy, flowing first movement made way for a stunning allegro: pizzicato ostinati, Spanish dance rhythms, dramatic passion to the fore.
    • Its bitonal ostinato and airy, whimsical melodies floating above create a convincing aural equivalent of a mirage.
    • The initial ‘Meditation’ is very troubled, with hectic glissandos and fitful ostinatos.

Origin

Italian, literally ‘obstinate’.

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