ostinato

[ os-ti-nah-toh; Italian aws-tee-nah-taw ]

noun,plural os·ti·na·tos.Music.
  1. a constantly recurring melodic fragment.

Origin of ostinato

1
1875–80; <Italian: literally, obstinate <Latin obstinātusobstinate

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British Dictionary definitions for ostinato

ostinato

/ (ˌɒstɪˈnɑːtəʊ) /


noun
    • a continuously reiterated musical phrase

    • (as modifier): an ostinato passage

Origin of ostinato

1
Italian: from Latin obstinātus obstinate

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