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Webster 1913 Edition
Accompaniment
Ac-com′pa-ni-ment
(-ment)
, Noun.
[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.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Accompaniment
ACCOM'PANIMENT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
accompaniment
accompaniment
English
Noun
accompaniment (plural accompaniments)
- (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.
Translations
music: that which gives support or adds to the background
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that which accompanies
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