Ostinato
//ɒstɪˈnɑtoʊ//
"Ostinato" in a Sentence (2 examples)
He won't let you in unless you knock the ostinato rhythm from the Mars movement of Holst's The Planets suite.
The piece moves in alluring spans of swirling figures, jagged lines and pointillistic outbursts, often prodded forward by ostinatos in the perky piano.
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