accompaniment meaning
EN[ə.ˈkʌm.pə.ni.mənt] [ə.ˈkʌmp.ni.mənt]US
WAccompaniment
- In music, accompaniment is the art of playing along with an instrumental or vocal soloist or ensemble, often known as the lead, in a supporting manner.
- The term accompaniment also describes the composed music, arrangement, or improvised performance that is played to back up the soloist.
- NounPLaccompanimentsSUF-ment
- (music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
- That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.
- (music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- To the accompaniment of a plain, sparsely unforgiving string arrangement, a lonely old lady dies her lonely death, her only funeralgoer the equally lonely priest who buries her.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
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