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What is an ostinato bass?

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An ostinato is a repeating pattern. So an ostinato bass is a repeating pattern in the bass. This could be something as simple as a 2 note pattern (C - G - C - G) or a more complex, longer pattern (C - E - G - A - C - E - G - A etc.)

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