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Ostinato

Ostinato

Ostinato

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This activity is designed to introduce/work with ostinato and chords. The group are invited to compose an ostinato to play along with the provided backing track (OSTINATO G/C).

The sheet also gives the available notes in the keys for each instrument, so in addition to writing an ostinato, they could also potentially build up chords to go with it, or even an additional melody. More advanced players could use even the chart to improvise from.

As indicated on the activity sheet, the chord sequence used is:

  • G major
  • G7
  • C major
  • C major
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Description

You can listen to the backing track here:

  1. As a starting activity, try different games to come up with some rhythmic ideas and get your ideas flowing: e. g. RHYTHM CAFE, FORBIDDEN RHYTHM, RHYTHM DETECTIVE etc.
  2. Choose 2 different rhythms (1 bar each!)
  3. Decide which order you want them to be played
  4. Repeat the two bars to create your rhythmic ostinato! You can also perform it with the OSTINATO backing track
  5. When confident with the rhythmic element, you can also try adding pitch. Repeat the two bar pattern from before, to make a 4 bar pattern and add notes/chords using the table below:
InstrumentIn CIn B flatIn E flatIn FChords (concert pitch)
Bar 1 Rhythm 1G B or DA C# or EE G# or BD F# or AG major
Bar 2 Rhythm 2G B D or FA C# E or GE G# B or DD F# A or CG7
Bar 3 Rhythm 1C E or GD F# or AA C# or EG B or DC major
Bar 4 Rhythm 2C E or GD F# or AA C# or EG B or DC major
InstrumentIn CIn B flat
Bar 1 Rhythm 1G B or DA C# or E
Bar 2 Rhythm 2G B D or FA C# E or G
Bar 3 Rhythm 1C E or GD F# or A
Bar 4 Rhythm 2C E or GD F# or A
InstrumentIn E flatIn F
Bar 1 Rhythm 1E G# or BD F# or A
Bar 2 Rhythm 2E G# B or DD F# A or C
Bar 3 Rhythm 1A C# or EG B or D
Bar 4 Rhythm 2A C# or EG B or D
InstrumentChords (concert pitch)
Bar 1 Rhythm 1G major
Bar 2 Rhythm 2G7
Bar 3 Rhythm 1C major
Bar 4 Rhythm 2C major
InstrumentIn C
Bar 1 Rhythm 1G B or D
Bar 2 Rhythm 2G B D or F
Bar 3 Rhythm 1C E or G
Bar 4 Rhythm 2C E or G
InstrumentIn B flat
Bar 1 Rhythm 1A C# or E
Bar 2 Rhythm 2A C# E or G
Bar 3 Rhythm 1D F# or A
Bar 4 Rhythm 2D F# or A
InstrumentIn E flat
Bar 1 Rhythm 1E G# or B
Bar 2 Rhythm 2E G# B or D
Bar 3 Rhythm 1A C# or E
Bar 4 Rhythm 2A C# or E
InstrumentIn F
Bar 1 Rhythm 1D F# or A
Bar 2 Rhythm 2D F# A or C
Bar 3 Rhythm 1G B or D
Bar 4 Rhythm 2G B or D
InstrumentChords (concert pitch)
Bar 1 Rhythm 1G major
Bar 2 Rhythm 2G7
Bar 3 Rhythm 1C major
Bar 4 Rhythm 2C major

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