Author Question: What is an ostinato? a. solo singing accompanied by a basso continuo b. compositional style that ... (Read 157 times)

wrbasek0 · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

What is an ostinato?

a. solo singing accompanied by a basso continuo
b. compositional style that exploits the strengths and avoids the weaknesses of
particular voices and instruments
c. the text of a chamber cantata, opera, or oratorio
d. a musical figure, motive, melody, harmony, or rhythm that is repeated again
and again
e. the repetition of a musical motive at successively higher or lower degrees of
the scale

Question 2

________ is numerical shorthand included in musical notation that tells the
player which unwritten notes to fill in above the written bass note.

a. figured bass
b. basso continuo
c. ostinato
d. dynamics
e. arpeggio