About The Word Accompaniment
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Accompaniment
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What's The Definition Of Accompaniment?
[n] the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
[n] a subordinate musical part; provides background for more important parts [n] an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another Synonyms | Synonyms for Accompaniment: concomitant | co-occurrence | escort | musical accompaniment | support Related Terms | Find terms related to Accompaniment: accession | accessory | accordance | addenda | addendum | additament | addition | additive | additory | additum | adjunct | adjuvant | agreement | alliance | alto | annex | annexation | appanage | appendage | appendant | appurtenance | appurtenant | association | attachment | augment | augmentation | baritone | bass | basso continuo | basso ostinato | bassus | cahoots | canto | cantus | cantus figuratus | cantus planus | coaction | coda | coetaneity | coetaneousness | coevalneity | coevalness | coexistence | coincidence | collaboration | collectivity | collusion | combination | combined effort | complement | concert | concerted action | concomitance | concomitant | concordance | concourse | concurrence | confluence | conjunction | consilience | conspiracy | contemporaneity | contemporaneousness | continuation | continuo | contralto | cooperation | corollary | correspondence | co-working | descant | drone | extension | extrapolation | figured bass | fixture | ground bass | increase | increment | isochronism | junction | line | offshoot | parasitism | part | pendant | plain chant | plain song | prick song | reinforcement | saprophytism | side effect | side issue | simultaneity | soprano | supplement | symbiosis | synchronism | synchronization | synergy | tailpiece | tenor | thorough bass | treble | undergirding | undersong | union | unison | united action | voice | voice part See Also | associate | background | convoy | descant | discant | happening | natural event | occurrence | part | protection | vamp | voice Accompaniment In Webster's Dictionary \Ac*com"pa*ni*ment\ (-ment), n. [F.
accompagnement.]
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. Specifically: (Mus.) A part performed by
instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by
voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the
voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a
figured bass. --P. Cyc.
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