Beethoven's 4-note motto is certainly persistent and insistent, but as it is not constantly and unchangingly present it cannot be called an ostinato.
ajr > In very simplistic terms, is it fair to say that Beethoven's first 4 > notes of his 5th symphony are used as an ostinato? Or is it not > repeated regularly enough? Still not sure how the term is applied or > correctly used and my music dictionary is not much help. > Don't mean to beat this to death. > > tim > > > timothy key price > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Oct 13, 2008, at 1:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Aha! Even this new Austinite says "oh-stee-NAH-toh" instead of >> "aw-stin-AU-to." Don't know what the native speakers of Italian now >> living >> in our great state say. >> >> ajr >> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> Car dealer in Texas? Where in TX is this? >>>> >>>> In addition to the terms listed below the English often called a >>>> repetitive bass line a "ground bass," or simply a "ground." And if >>>> it's >>>> 12 >>>> bars it may very well be a blues bass! >>>> >>> >>> Being from Austin, I would have thought the pun was obvious >>> to you: Ostinato is pronounced "Austin Auto." >>> >>> As for the ground bass, or simply "ground," if it's the same >>> thing done over and over with exactly duplicating entries, >>> is it a "Ground Round?" >>> >>> -- >>> David H. Bailey >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
