Transcript What repeated patterns do you hear in this music? Listen and Think…

Listen and Think…
What repeated
patterns do you
hear in this music?
ostinato (n.) • Italian for “obstinate”
• A musical idea of phrase which is
persistently repeated
• Can be a rhythmic pattern, part of a
tune, or a complete melody
• In popular music, known as a “riff”
• Plural form - ostinati
Black Horse in the Cherry Tree
“Woo, hoo”
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Symphony No. 5, III. Allegro
Ludwig Van Beethoven
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Symphony No. 5, III. Allegro
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“Canon in D Major”
Johann Pachelbel
Ground Bass (ostinato)
:
D
do
A
B
F#
G
D
G
A
so
la
mi
fa
do fa
so
Old King Cole
Old King Cole was a merry old soul
and a merry old soul was he.
He called for his pipe and he called
for his bowl and he called for his
fiddlers three!
Pease Porridge
Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,
pease porridge in the pot, nine days old.
Some like it hot, some like it cold,
some like it in the pot, nine days old.
Apple Tree
Apple tree, apple tree, will your apple
fall on me?
I won’t cry and I won’t pout, if your
apple knocks me out!
Symphony No. 7, II. Allegretto
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Choice A
Choice B
Choice C
Symphony No. 7, II. Allegretto
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Symphony No. 7, II. Allegretto
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