Young Musicians v11 n2
Composing using Ostinato
An ostinato is a repeated pattern. Make up a short pattern (1 or 2 bars) that would make a good ostinato for a piece of music. If you play the piano it could be for your right hand or the left hand while the other improvises a melody. If you play the violin, viola, flute or cello, then you could either get someone to play the ostinato on another instrument or tape record yourself playing it several times. Or the piece could be for two clappers.
Send your pieces using ostinato to Dorothy Ker, Box 95-022, SWANSON.
Remember: everyone gets a prize and published in the next newsletter (if space allows!).
Dorothy Ker
Musical Storytelling Compositions
The following are the “musical storytelling” contributions. Stickers go to Daniel and Joy Friar once again.
David and Goliath” by Daniel Friar (aged 12)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Lyrics (transcribed):
“Am I a dog that you come to me
with sticks and stones? You come to me with a shield and a spear
and a sword. But I come to you in the name of the Lord.”
“The 2 gathered to the fray. David raised his sling…”
David’s Song (for violin) by Joy Friar (aged 6)
“I like trees and I like flowers, I like watching sheep for hours,
I like playing on my harp, while the sheep are grazing.”