accompaniment
something incidental or added for ornament, symmetry, etc.
Music. a part in a composition designed to serve as background and support for more important parts.
Origin of accompaniment
1Other words from accompaniment
- non·ac·com·pa·ni·ment, noun
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How to use accompaniment in a sentence
Patriarchal norms and socio-cultural values carry a great deal of weight and often prevent women from accessing the public sphere – such as courts and police stations – without the accompaniment of male guardians.
Afghanistan: Progress On Women’s Rights Has Been Hard Fought – Now Everything Is At Risk Under The Taliban | LGBTQ-Editor | August 23, 2021 | No Straight NewsOther helpful song arrangement tools—such as the Chord Track and Chord Selector tools that suggest and sketch out chord progressions—let you even manipulate existing audio and create new accompaniments with no music theory knowledge required.
The best DAW for audio engineers of any kind on any budget | Tony Ware | July 29, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe show will feature Ball reading her poems with musical accompaniment from her bandmate Norman Spence, who will be strumming a guitar.
Tarriona ‘Tank’ Ball is back on tour -- as a poet | Annabel Aguiar | July 13, 2021 | Washington PostArrange the cooked and raw accompaniments around the aioli on the platter or a plate, and serve.
This massive book of crosswords is the perfect accompaniment to breakfast in bed with puzzles of all levels and difficulties.
37 Gifts to Buy This Mother's Day for Every Type of Mom in Your Life | Melissa Locker | May 3, 2021 | Time
He played it through once, singing the lyrics softly to his own guitar accompaniment.
How Martin Luther King Jr. Influenced Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ | Peter Guralnick | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut in Jersey City the fight goes on, with fabulous organ accompaniment.
6 Must-Read Stories of Blondie, Spies and Riotous Feminists: The Best of The Beast | The Daily Beast | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt least one of those presentations is usually a silent film with organ accompaniment.
How to Save Silent Movies: Inside New Jersey’s Cinema Paradiso | Rich Goldstein | October 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLike many battle raps, the Total Slaughter battle is organized into three rounds with no accompaniment.
Landays may be read, but true to their roots in oral tradition, they are frequently sung, sometimes with a drum for accompaniment.
Beauty and Subversion in the Secret Poems of Afghan Women | Daniel Bosch | April 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen, as he neared the room, a sound of music floated out to meet him— Tony was singing to his own accompaniment.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodShe also played his Fourteenth Rhapsody with orchestral accompaniment in most bold and dashing style.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayLeft on a picket boat with Birdie to board my destroyer to an accompaniment of various denominations of projectiles.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonShe is like a canary bird; when others begin to speak, she hurries in her remarks, in an accompaniment.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyThe Elves Chorus is intended for boys voices in unison, with accompaniment for mixed chorus and orchestra.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste Tchaikovsky
British Dictionary definitions for accompaniment
/ (əˈkʌmpənɪmənt, əˈkʌmpnɪ-) /
something that accompanies or is served or used with something else
something inessential or subsidiary that is added, as for ornament or symmetry
music a subordinate part for an instrument, voices, or an orchestra
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