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accompaniment - 3 dictionary results

ac⋅com⋅pa⋅ni⋅ment

[uh-kuhm-puh-ni-muhnt, uh-kuhmp-ni-]
–noun
1. something incidental or added for ornament, symmetry, etc.
2. Music. a part in a composition designed to serve as background and support for more important parts.

Origin:
1725–35; accompany + -ment
ac·com·pa·ni·ment   (ə-kŭm'pə-nē-mənt, ə-kŭmp'nē-)   
n.  
  1. Music A vocal or instrumental part that supports another, often solo, part.
  2. Something, such as a situation, that accompanies something else; a concomitant.
  3. Something added for embellishment, completeness, or symmetry; complement.

Accompaniment

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.
Language Translation for : accompaniment
Spanish: acompañamiento,
German: die Begleitung,
Japanese: 伴奏
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