The next way 4th grade learned how to create harmony is through an ostinato. An ostinato is basically a fancy way of saying a repeated pattern. It's very important, however, that the repeated pattern be a melody, and not just a rhythm on a drum. A drum does not create harmony because it is not a certain pitch. Therefore, the pattern must be played on an instrument that has pitches, like a xylophone, piano, etc. Since we were experts at singing "Are You Sleeping," we added a repeated pattern on a xylophone to be played along with our voices, creating harmony. If you listen carefully, the repeated pattern was actually taken right from the song. It's the "ding ding dong" part!
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