Ostinatos: Building Tension

Here's the set list: first you learn it — 3 quick hands-on cards. Then you prove it — 6 theory and 2 ear-training challenges. Every right answer adds a bar to tonight's song, The Chase (A harmonic minor, 🎤 Boom Bap).

📝 Riff sheet

An ostinato is a short pattern repeated over and over. Keep it fixed while the harmony moves under or over it and tension builds.

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Covers: Repeated patterns (ostinatos), changing harmony over a fixed pattern, tension building. Turn your sound up.