Ostinato
Bali & Beyond is a performing arts company inspired by the cultures of Indonesia. The artists of Bali & Beyond are proud to advance a new "chamber" style of kebyar performance.Kebyar (Keh-Byahr) is an orchestra of up to twenty five players. Instruments include bar metallophones, racks of gong chimes, drums, cymbals, and large and small gongs. The scale is one of two common five tone per octave sequences called Pelog (Peh-Log). It's intervals vary from tiny steps to large jumps, roughly half steps, whole steps, and major thirds. The repertoire is mostly for dance, but the style is distinguished musically by it's virtuosic outbursts.
Official classification: Ostinato, Indonesia, Audio, Gamelan, Curriculum support, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Bali and Beyond
Bali & Beyond is a performing arts company inspired by the cultures of Indonesia. The artists of Bali & Beyond are proud to advance a new "chamber" style of kebyar performance.Kebyar (Keh-Byahr) is an orchestra of up to twenty five players. Instruments include bar metallophones, racks of gong chimes, drums, cymbals, and large and small gongs. The scale is one of two common five tone per octave sequences called Pelog (Peh-Log). It's intervals vary from tiny steps to large jumps, roughly half steps, whole steps, and major thirds. The repertoire is mostly for dance, but the style is distinguished musically by it's virtuosic outbursts.
Official classification: Ostinato, Indonesia, Audio, Gamelan, Curriculum support, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Bali and Beyond
Bali & Beyond is a performing arts company inspired by the cultures of Indonesia. The artists of Bali & Beyond are proud to advance a new "chamber" style of kebyar performance.Kebyar (Keh-Byahr) is an orchestra of up to twenty five players. Instruments include bar metallophones, racks of gong chimes, drums, cymbals, and large and small gongs. The scale is one of two common five tone per octave sequences called Pelog (Peh-Log). It's intervals vary from tiny steps to large jumps, roughly half steps, whole steps, and major thirds. The repertoire is mostly for dance, but the style is distinguished musically by it's virtuosic outbursts.
Official classification: Ostinato, Indonesia, Audio, Gamelan, Curriculum support, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Bali and Beyond
Bali & Beyond is a performing arts company inspired by the cultures of Indonesia. The artists of Bali & Beyond are proud to advance a new "chamber" style of kebyar performance.Kebyar (Keh-Byahr) is an orchestra of up to twenty five players. Instruments include bar metallophones, racks of gong chimes, drums, cymbals, and large and small gongs. The scale is one of two common five tone per octave sequences called Pelog (Peh-Log). It's intervals vary from tiny steps to large jumps, roughly half steps, whole steps, and major thirds. The repertoire is mostly for dance, but the style is distinguished musically by it's virtuosic outbursts.
Official classification: Ostinato, Indonesia, Audio, Gamelan, Curriculum support, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Bali and Beyond
Bali & Beyond is a performing arts company inspired by the cultures of Indonesia. The artists of Bali & Beyond are proud to advance a new "chamber" style of kebyar performance.Kebyar (Keh-Byahr) is an orchestra of up to twenty five players. Instruments include bar metallophones, racks of gong chimes, drums, cymbals, and large and small gongs. The scale is one of two common five tone per octave sequences called Pelog (Peh-Log). It's intervals vary from tiny steps to large jumps, roughly half steps, whole steps, and major thirds. The repertoire is mostly for dance, but the style is distinguished musically by it's virtuosic outbursts.
Official classification: Ostinato, Indonesia, Audio, Gamelan, Curriculum support, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Bali and Beyond
Bali & Beyond is a performing arts company inspired by the cultures of Indonesia. The artists of Bali & Beyond are proud to advance a new "chamber" style of kebyar performance.Kebyar (Keh-Byahr) is an orchestra of up to twenty five players. Instruments include bar metallophones, racks of gong chimes, drums, cymbals, and large and small gongs. The scale is one of two common five tone per octave sequences called Pelog (Peh-Log). It's intervals vary from tiny steps to large jumps, roughly half steps, whole steps, and major thirds. The repertoire is mostly for dance, but the style is distinguished musically by it's virtuosic outbursts.
Official classification: Ostinato, Cyclic patterns, Indonesia, Audio, Gamelan, Unit 15 Ongoing Skills, Unit 16 Cyclic Patterns, Curriculum support, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Bali and Beyond
This is another Marakafoli rhythm recorded in Bamako, Mali. Thanks to www.rootsyrecords.com
Official classification: Djembe, Ostinato, Cyclic patterns, West Africa, World Music Examples, Video, World Music, Mali, Unit 16 Cyclic Patterns, Unit 4. Musical cycles, Rootsy Records
This traditional song from North America has been given a gory middle section
which reinforces different note-lengths (semibreve/minim/crotchet/quavers).
These four bars could be played as an ostinato on untuned percussion throughout
the piece.
Notes used: C, D, E, F, G
Key: concert Bb
Learning points: reinforces note values: semibreve, dotted minim, minim, crotchet, quavers
Official classification: Trombone (treble clef), Ostinato, Folk Songs, Pieces, Semibreve, Dotted Minim, Crotchets, Quaver, Wider opps, Resource Packs
This traditional song from North America has been given a gory middle section
which reinforces di erent note-lengths (semibreve/minim/crotchet/quavers).
These four bars could be played as an ostinato on untuned percussion throughout
the piece.
Notes used: C, D, E, F, G
Key: concert Bb
Learning points: reinforces note values: semibreve, dotted minim, minim,
crotchet, quavers
Official classification: Trumpet, Ostinato, Folk Songs, Pieces, Semibreve, Dotted Minim, Crotchets, Quaver, Wider opps, Resource Packs
A good example of melodic ostinato, easy for students to have a go at playing on keyboards, ideal for use in QCA Unit 1 for Key Stage 3, Musical Processes and also as a good example of music used in adverts for Unit 13 Music and Media.
Official classification: Ostinato, Canon, Ground Bass, Classical Pieces, Audio, Curriculum support, Unit 1. Musical processes, Unit 13. Music and media
Track 1 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 3.
Music from South America, from Saydisc album 'Music of the Andes', performed by Caliche (3'01")
Main features: ostinato, changes in tempo and metre.
This track from the Andes, features three South American Instruments. These are the quena, a type of flute, the charango, a small lute, and the bombo, meaning 'drum'. The Track Explorer has five learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, structure, the repeating rhythm ostinato on the bomb, phrasing of the quena and chords.
Official classification: Listening, Ostinato, South America, Key Stage 3, Latin America, Quena, Bombo, Charango, Track Explorer, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 1 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Music from the court of King Henry V111, from Amon Ra album 'The
Field of Cloth of Gold', (1'52) Main features: early instruments and drum ostinato. This music is a pavane, a stately dance of Tudor England and is played by early instruments. The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, structure and drum ostinato.
Official classification: Listening, Example Instruments, Ostinato, Tudor England, Dance, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, England, Unit 15 Ongoing Skills, Pavan, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 2 from Saydisc "Percussion Around the World" (Also Track 1 from Saydisc "Listen To This! KS3) - notes from Maureen Hanke.
Amanecer Andino is a piece of Andean traditional music featuring the Bolivian pipes and the bombo drum.The bombo is the double-headed frame drum of Spain and South America.
The music is in two sections. You will hear the bombo and sticks start the piece playing a rhythm pattern that is repeated throughout the first section and can be heard just once to close the piece. A repeated pattern is called an ostinato.
Official classification: Percussion, Timbre, Ostinato, Audio, Key Stage 3, Latin America, Quena, Bombo, Charango, The Andes, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 4 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 1. Mandinda music from Uganda from Saydisc album 'Spirit of African Sanctus' (1'37")
Main feature: rhythmic and melodic ostinatos.
This music of the Bunyoro tribe, Uganda, is played on a homemade madinda, a Ugandan xylophone. The learning track of the Track Explorer focuses on features of the music.
Official classification: Listening, Ostinato, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, Uganda, Percussion, Madinda, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Charanga, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Allows you to isolate (solo) or mix together any combination of the 4 parts provided (tune plus 3 rhythm ostinatos). Use this app to support rehearsal towards a group or class ensemble performance. The Lilliburlero tune dates from Tudor times, but it could also be replaced with a live improvisation. The Tips & Hints button shows the music notation for each rhythm ostinato. Please refer to Saydisc Track 04 Lilliburlero for the original piece.
Official classification: Improvising, Rehearsing, Ostinato, Tudor England, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Curriculum support, Saydisc Records, Channel Mixer, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Suggested as good example for Ostinati listening, also notable for unusual 9/8 time signature, giving this Jazz standard a unique feel.
Official classification: Ostinato, 1950s, Jazz, Audio, Jazz, Curriculum support
Excellent example of descriptive music and use of ostinato.
Official classification: Ostinato, The Romantic Period, Audio, Curriculum support
Live backing sequencer to support a composition or improvisation based on Track 02 Amanecer Andino (Andean Dawn) from Saydisc Percussion Around the World. (Also Track 01 of Saydisc Listen to This! KS3.) In the original recording there's a free slow introduction followed by a faster section based on C and Am chords, but with this tool users can decide their own structure.
KS2/3 idea - students can use this tool to provide an accompaniment while one student performs live their own version of a characteristic pentatonic melody on a separate instrument. Students can also use this tool for support as they play along and learn the ostinato drum and guitar parts.
Official classification: Percussion, Composing, Improvising, Rehearsing, Ostinato, Melody, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Pentatonic Scales, The Andes, Curriculum support, Melody, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Rumoured to have been written by Henry VIII, this is a typical Tudor song featuring a rhythmic ostinato on tambourine with melody and accompaniment on recorders. The song is played three times on this recording, first instrumental, then sung by solo male voice and finally with a group of singers in harmony.
Official classification: Tambourine, Recorder Family, Ostinato, Tudor England, The Renaissance, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Female, Male, Curriculum support
Fourth movement of incidental music composed by Bizet for Alphonse Daudet's play L'Arlésienne in 1872.
Features melodic ostinato, played by brass, that mimics the notes of the village church bells playing.
Official classification: Ostinato, The Romantic Period, Theatre, Classical Pieces, Audio, Bizet, Georges, France, Curriculum support