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ostinato: see ground bass ground bass, melodic phrase used repeatedly as a bass line. In its earlier form, developed in the 13th and 14th cent., the ground or basso ostinato [Ital.=obstinate] never varied in harmonization or pitch. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A simple, repetitive harmonic framework or ostinato provides the basis of this style. Ostinato Vamps by Wanda Coleman University of Pittsburgh Press, October 2003 $12. Finnegan is right to acknowledge the vastness of the problems a young nation like Mozambique inherited from its colonial masters, and one would surely rather have his sympathetic account than the type of commentary about Africa one encounters in American newsmagazines these days, with its basso ostinato of complacent superiority. |
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