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ostinati

ostinati is the plural of ostinato.

Meaning of ostinato

Noun

ostinato (plural ostinatos or ostinati)

  1. A piece of melody, a chord progression, or a bass figure that is repeated over and over as a musical accompaniment.
    • The piece moves in alluring spans of swirling figures, jagged lines and pointillistic outbursts, often prodded forward by ostinatos in the perky piano.2009 January 26, Anthony Tommasini, “Pricking Up the Ears to Listen for Echoes of California”, in New York Times

Questions about ostinati

What is ostinati the plural of?
Ostinati is the plural of ostinato.

Words near ostinati in the dictionary

  1. Ostic
  2. ostikan
  3. ostikanate
  4. ostikanates
  5. ostikans
  6. ostinati
  7. ostinato
  8. ostinatos
  9. ostiola
  10. ostiolar
  11. ostiolate

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