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Obstinate?

That's the literal meaning of the Italian word 'ostinato', which, like most musical terminology, comes to us from european classical music. What's the musical meaning? Encyclopedia Britannica says: "short melodic phrase repeated throughout a composition, sometimes slightly varied or transposed to a different pitch. A rhythmic ostinato is a short, constantly repeated rhythmic pattern". Described in words it doesn't sound so cool, ( 'Short & repetitive? Uh, yeah, that's interesting...' ), but, done right, ostinatos have a compelling, hypnotic quality. Like any cool musical concept, ostinatos are found in all kinds of music. Any instrument can play an ostinato, but they work really well for bass parts.

A great example from the classical music world is Maurice Ravel's 'Bolero'.

Jazz has Miles Davis' 'Footprints' and Dave Brubeck's 'Take Five'.

Ostinatos can rock! A few good examples are Pink Floyd's 'Money' and Queen's 'Another One Bites The Dust'.

This month's 'Wish I Could Play Like That Link' features Andy West of the Dixie Dregs shredding one of the busiest ostinatos of all time - 'Assembly Line'. Sweet! I wish I could play like that!

I'd like to let y'all know about a few gigs, Shakedown's public shows are:

Aug 6 - Hanover's 2.0 (hanovers2.com) in Round Rock 8pm - Midnight

Aug 20 - Baby A’s (babyacapulco.com) 5610 N I-35 8pm - 11pm

Aug 21 - Cafe Mueller (heb.com/static-page/Cafe-Mueller-by-H-E-B) Noon - 3pm

Aug 25 - Oasis (oasis-austin.com) 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Trio Verde's only public gig in August is in Fredericksburg, but it's a nice one - The Club At Baron's Creekside on August 27th. ( Trio Verde will be back at the Green Mesquite in Austin September 3rd ).


That's it for this month, keep it rumbling!

Rob.
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