accompaniment
| Music and players providing a bass line, chord structure, and beat to support a solo performer. For example, a singer or instrumentalist may be accompanied by a piano or orchestra. |
| The accompaniment may provide harmonic support (as in the continuo playing of the 17th and 18th centuries), melodic imitation and continuation of the solo part (as in many 19th-century songs), atmospheric background (as in orchestral accompaniments to operatic arias), and so on. The art of the piano accompanist was raised to a high level in the 20th century by figures such as English pianist Gerald Moore. |
| In piano music, accompaniment can also refer to the chords in the bass supporting the melody in the treble. |
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