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Accompaniment is the musical part which provides the rhythmic and/or harmonic support for the melody or main themes of a song or instrumental piece.

: an addition (such as an ornament) intended to give completeness or symmetry to something : complement. a tie that's a nice accompaniment to his new suit. b. : an accompanying situation or occurrence : concomitant. studied Italian as an accompaniment to her art history class.

When a soloist plays a concerto the orchestra are accompanying the soloist. An organist playing a hymn is accompanying the congregation. A percussion player in a rock band is accompanying the lead instrument. Guitars and electric keyboards are often used for accompaniment.

1. : to go with as an associate or companion. She accompanied me to the store. 2. : to perform an accompaniment to or for.

Harmony occurs when two or more pitches are sounded together. Harmony can add much to a work of music. The harmonic element to piece of music is known as the accompaniment. Many times, the composer writes harmonic accompaniments to supports the melodies of a musical work.

Melody is defined as a memorable set of pitches, whereas harmony is the accompaniment. Learn about the difference between melody and harmony (through definitions and examples), melodic function and contour, conjunct and disjunct movements, consonance and dissonance, chords, and countermelody.

She will accompany me to the store. Ten adults accompanied the class on their field trip. Children under 17 must be accompanied by an adult to see this movie.

Various accompaniment types are possible, including homorhythmic, blocked-chord, and arpeggiated accompaniments (Alberti bass or broken chord). Homorhythmic accompaniments (also called chorale texture) have the same rhythm as the melody line.

The most basic accompaniment pattern is half- or whole-note block chords. Write this accompaniment to your melody first. If you know your chords, it shouldn't take much more than five minutes to complete a rough-and-ready harmonization. (You can then spend more time tweaking the harmonies to your liking.)

"Accompanied by" is used to refer to people and "accompanied with" is used to refer to things. Example: He was accompanied by his mother. Her joke was accompanied with huge laughter.

accompany, attend, convoy, escort mean to go along with someone (or something).

Various accompaniment types are possible, including homorhythmic, blocked-chord, and arpeggiated accompaniments (Alberti bass or broken chord). Homorhythmic accompaniments (also called chorale texture) have the same rhythm as the melody line.