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Word: accompaniment (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • music 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.
  • 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.
  • That which gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation.

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